I'm seriously curious how these shorts, which were normally worn by boxers, suddenly became a popular underwear garment for guys. Is it that they all secretly imagine themselves to be a big strapping boxer? Regardless, I'm going to let them continue with their little secret identity, because I'm going to show everyone how you can create your own men's boxers, complete with the button fly.
Creating basic shorts are actually a very easy project and a perfect project for beginners. The elastic waistband helps make it customizable. If you're a little unsure about doing a buttonhole, you can skip that step if you want. The pattern created here is a large but it should fit most. You can always enlarge the pattern pieces if you want to make it bigger. And if you want to make the length of the shorts longer, you can just extend the inner leg and side seam lengths to whatever desired length you want. You can even extend them to the floor and make yourself some lounge around pants.
yay! I’m so glad to hear that your boxers turned out! 😀 Thanks for your feedback and glad you feel confident enough to make some tweaks so that the next time they’ll be even more perfect. great job!
Good day Professor,
I’ve been watching your youtube videos for a time now, and when I spotted your pattern I simply couldn’t resist.
I made a pair today and want to provide some feed-back about the experience.
I’ll preface my comments by saying I like the results, and I’ll make more of your boxers, real soon.
About the pattern;
it went together pretty well, a few minor adjustments and I was able to cut the pattern out in about an hour, maybe two.
How the shorts went together;
The panels cut out quickly and fit very well, your pattern notches matched and I was able to sew the shorts together in about 30 or 40 minutes with a little trial and error.
About the fit;
I’m about a 40 or 42 waist and a fairly trim 240 pound guy. I made the shorts right to the pattern cut, and I’m wearing them right now!
I’ll increase the pattern ease a bit for future pairs because I could use just a bit more wiggle room in the legs. But the waist fits and over-all I like how they look and feel.
I work in a kitchen so we’ll see how they wear on my next shift.
About future boxer shorts sewing;
I’ll increase the ease in the seat, legs and rise about 1-1/2″ or so and likely use a sewn on elastic to see how that works.
However I like the casing and enclosed elastic for a change because I’ve been wearing exposed elastic for years.
I wanted to change to your enclosed casing, but good boxers are over priced and wear out too quickly.
Thanks for providing this information, the pattern and your videos.
Keep up the good work, glad to see the sponsor and hope for your best success in the very near future.
A home sewer in Kansas.
Wes.
You shouldn’t have to alter the current pattern. The sizing of the waistline comes from the elastic that goes inside the casing so it just means yours will be gathered up a little more or a little less from person to person. All you need to do is is measure your waistline and then cut your elastic that same length minus 1″. I hope that answers your question.
Hi there, thank you for the fantastic video tutorial: I have just downloaded the pattern and will attempt to sew my first ever pattern (and boxer) this week-end. Question: what is the equivalent in inches of size L? Is it 34″? If I were to sew for a 32″ waist, how much and where should I reduce the pattern by? Thanks so much and apologies for my questions: I am a very beginner!
There is a pattern that you need to download, print out and assemble, and then you use that to follow along with the video. No drafting or measurements needed.
Mam I’m not able to understand the pattern… mam can u mention the measurements so that I can draft it.
I replied via your support ticket.
I cannot download the pattern. When the pdf file comes to my computer …It is empty. Please let me know where or how to get this. Love the tutorial. Thanks
Hello! I saw that the pattern says it’s for a size Large, but I’m not sure what that is. Can someone supply measurements? Thanks!
you can do it! 🙂