In this tutorial, I will show you how to sew panties for your doll. When I was growing up we called these "granny panties" because they are loose fitting and cover up most of a woman's bottom unlike bikinis, thongs, g-strings, and hipsters.
As I got older we called them "period panties" because you could comfortably handle your lady business.
When I was younger I would not be caught dead in a pair of panties like this. But now that I am over fifty, I love them because they are really comfortable and they cover the lower half of my stomach.
Remember:
•Rules
are made to be broken.
•All
Mistakes are fun because they give you an opportunity to grow and find fun,
innovative, and interesting ways to solve problems and perceived errors.
•And
this is why God made erasers, lace, and ribbons.
•Doll
pattern
•Fabric
•Fabric
tracing pencil
•Measuring
Tape
•Elastic
•Scissors
•Sewing
machine
•Thread
•E600
Glue
•Lace
(optional)
•Bows
(Decorations are optional)
Patience 50 %
Imagination 50 %
Measure Doll Hips
Greetings
Wonderful Viewer, the first thing you want to do is measure your doll.
Measure
across the widest part of her hips to get your width.
Measure
from navel to lower back
Next
measure from the bottom of her stomach—take the measuring tape between her legs
all the way back to the bottom of her back.
This
is how long your panties need to be.
Draw
Panty Pattern
Panties
are basically the shape of an hour glass.
Look
at my pattern for doll panties and draw your own based on your doll
measurements.
Trace pattern onto fabric and cut it out.
•To
be perfectly honest with you I like to eyeball my size. If you are like me,
find an old piece of fabric that you don’t need to eyeball your size.
•This
way
you won’t make a mistake using fabric that you need.
Stretch
Elastic around the Edges
•Now
that you have your hourglass shape, you are going to attach the elastic around
the leg.
•Leave
approximately an inch of elastic at the end of fabric.
•Fold
the elastic around the rim. Stick one
pin in at the end to secure the elastic.
Set
your sewing Machine to Zig Zag stitch
•Place
the foot down on the elastic (say a prayer my child).
•
Gently pull the
elastic as tight as you can for a few inches at a time while sewing with the
zig zag stitch until you are done.
•When
you pull it nice and tight, the edges will curl.
•Go
back and finish the other end with the pin.
Sew
on your Lace
•If
you want to add lace to the edges of the panties, simply line it up over the
elastic – (I use a simple straight stitch for this, gently pull the edges and
sew on the lace.)
•Once
you are finished sewing
the elastic on the edges,
•Fold
the fabric good-side to good-side (some
people call it
right-side to right-side. Just remember this simply means the fabric side that
you want to be seen when you are finished.)
•Sew
one of the sides to together.
•Now
you can focus on the waist line of the panties.
•Use
the same method you used to sew around the legs of the panties to add elastic.
•The
tighter you pull, the stretcher it will be.
•Double
check the waist of the panties to make sure they can slide up pass your doll’s
hips.
Put panties on doll first before
attaching flowers or ribbons for symmetry.
Then glue or sew on flower to make sure
that it is in the perfect spot.
