Jalie 2568 in Red Lace

Since I started my own personal, "January is Lingerie Month", I've been on a bend to replace nearly every stitch of my ready made underwear with me made.  

I bought some lovely red lace from Bravo Bella a few months ago, (which appears to be sold out now.)  I wanted to make up a pair of lace panties just to see how they would look and get a feel for working with lace fabric. 

I took a day and wandered, walked, photographed nature, and then read and sketched at a local cafe. Do you know, I felt so refreshed and recharged by that day of languish and lounging. I felt like I'd been on vacation in my own city. The city of Destiny, mind.  And that was the day I was tagged with #widrn and got to share the photo below. 

For the lace panties, I thought I'd go as sheer and lacy as I could.

At first, I attempted to sew the legs with clear elastic. Hello, that was a mistake. Talk about being eaten by your sewing machine! Yikes!  

Quick research and scour of my stash revealed a sweet tomato red lingerie elastic from Kathy (Fr8rain).  Whew! It matches. I'm rescued. 

To make the panties, I used my TNT, Jalie 2568.  While these look like they are briefs, they fit on my like bikinis. I also used a red cotton for the lining. ​

I tried them on and the clear elastic (which I left on one leg and just added the lingerie elastic over the top) does constrict the leg a little more than expected.  That was a good experiment. Seam ripping would have ruined the fabric and I would have needed to make the both leg openings higher - not desired. 

From the back, they look super fun, just like my sketch. Only to be revealed to a special someone... ;) 

Aren't they sweet?