I’ve been meaning to do this for ages, and only just got around to it – I turned an old t-shirt into a pair of knickers!
You need quite a big t-shirt for this. If, like me, your bum is bigger than your chest, there’s no way you’re going to get a pair of knickers that fit you out of a skinny-fit t-shirt! If in doubt, try the t-shirt on, and make sure it goes round your bum with room to spare. You need seam allowances too, don’t forget.
Before
After:
(The picture’s now on the back, in case that’s not clear from the photos. The last one is of the inside.)
I probably won’t be posting these to because I’m really not very pleased with the way they’ve come out. They fit me, and they’re wonderfully soft and comfy, but the finishing is frankly awful. The tension in the elastic is uneven, and I hate the way that there’s a raw edge on the gusset inside. How annoying is that going to be after a couple of washes, when it’s all rolled up?!
The knickers I normally wear don’t actually have a gusset, so I’ll probably leave that out next time. The edges are all overlocked, with pretty elastic topstitched to the outside, so I think I’ll follow that example on my next pair as well.
Now to search Ebay for some pretty knicker elastic…
