Boxer shorts for him

I do love making my boxer shorts. This set has several changes. I refined my pattern to lengthen the inseams and smooth the inseam hem-line. I also finally had the chance to use proper elastic for mens' underwear, am so excited about that as I was not happy with the previous options. Finally, I used an overlocker for construction for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised that even the awkward area under the fly was not too difficult to sew.

TNT, though not for me

 It's nice to have a TNT since all my creative projects take oh so long. I still have some fun with these with the coloured top-stitching. I'm down to two evenings for a pair of these (fast for me!).

The elastic is black and matches the shade of the fabric in real life. I used a wider elastic than on previous versions, but I'm still hunting for elastic as nice as that on the RTW boxer shorts these are based on.

Last one for a while

I added twin-needle top-stitching to the side seams and like the effect. I went for more subtle topstitching on the fly than on the previous pair to avoid the topstitching getting too busy.

Happily, these finished off the last of my grey cotton/lycra jersey, so no more grey boxer shorts for a while!

More boxer shorts

Boxer shorts with some topstitching for colour.

I think I might make something other than boxer shorts for my next project...

Boxer shorts

Boxer shorts with fly. Phew, glad they're done. I used my buttonhole foot for the first time and had heaps of trouble when sampling until I remembered to add interfacing. I was so nervous I'd mess up the fly when I did the buttonhole, but it went well. I learned three new techniques for these: drafting and constructing a fly, making a buttonhole, and using interfacing.

Boxer shorts

Boxer shorts based on hubby's favourite RTW ones, omitting front opening and placket. I later shortened the elastic. I also plan to use woolly nylon in bobbin rather than regular polyester thread for future versions. Very comfy, by all reports!