Going along with my January being all about Lingerie, I seem to be fully on a mission to find my ideal panty pattern. Not what I thought I'd be doing, but what it's working out to be. This post will be about my experience with the Seamwork Magazine Geneva Panties.
Using scrap 4-way stretch cotton, I cut out a muslin in size XL. Straight XL. No mods whatsoever. That's pretty rare for me. But, I went with it anyway. These were fast and fun to sew up. But, when I tried them on, I had way too much fabric bunching up above my thighs. You know by now I'm short distanced between top of hip and top of thigh and I have protruding thighs. So, I put the panties on, used my evaporating purple marker and estimated where the new leg line should be placed.
I cut a 2nd muslin out of this cute princess fabric I got on the flat folds table at Pacific Fabrics just for making muslins with knits. While this might look small to you, it's on par with all my other RTW bikini panties.
After all was said and done, here are the two panties laid one atop the other. Ooo that crotch on muslin #2 does seem quite tiny. And really, it was too small in that area when I put it on. It's as though I forgot to include seam allowances.
Here the 2 pair are next to each other.
| Princess #2Too small Too Small A tiny bit too high, exposes. Required modifying the design lines too much. |
All in all, the panties were fun to make up and are a great pattern. If you're looking for a panty pattern, this is pretty good.
For my needs, however, I feel like I'm working with a pattern that really isn't designed for my body style. And, I've had great luck with the Kwik Sew 653 Vintage Bikini bottoms, so I would rather spend time making more of those.
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