Sleep Shorts

A major goal of mine for 2012 is to sew some clothes for myself. I've only ever made baby clothes and doll clothes before, so this is a big step for me. To keep it simple, I started with the boxer short pattern in Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders. I wanted to make these for my sisters and myself, so I omitted the "boxer flap" portion so that the pattern could be for sleep shorts.

I ended up making three pairs, with only one slight variation (I ran out of 3/4" elastic for the band, so I substituted 1" elastic). Each pair of shorts uses 1-yard of fabric. I chose flannel, as recommended in the book, and picked up two yards of the 5 Funky Monkeys by Erin Michael, one yard in each color. For myself, I used solid coral-colored flannel.

 

This pattern was pretty quick, however I was slowed down a little by having to create hidden seam edges. Since I don't own a serger (yet), and since I couldn't line the shorts, I really didn't want messy, fraying fabric edges. I think they turned out really well, but it was quite time consuming. I've now got my eye on a serger.

 

This is what the seams look like on the inside.

 

And this is what they look like on the outside.

I slept in my pair last night, and they were very comfy!