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Hi, it’s Annika here! And did you know that
making your own underwear is really, really easy?

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[intro music]

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So, I never have to buy
underwear again because I kinda perfected

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a method of creating my own. And they’re
actually way more comfortable than any store-bought

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underwear I’ve ever owned! So, you want
to learn how to create your own underwear?

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[music plays] Well, let’s get started. The
first thing I did was to grab my most comfortable

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pair of underwear. Please excuse how scungy
and worn-out these are -- these also happen

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to be my most comfortable pair and I want
to copy that comfiness into a new generation

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of underwear. Now, I’m going to make a pattern
piece for underwear. I don’t have pattern

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paper, so I drew my pattern onto wrapping
paper. I traced out the back half of the underwear

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first. You’ll notice I’m only tracing
one side of the underwear, and you’ll see

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why that is later. Then I flip the underwear
over to the gusset bit and I trace this out

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-- making marks where the gusset begins and
ends so that I make my underwear the right

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length. I match up this mark with the gusset
end and I flip my underwear over once again

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so that I can now trace around the front part
of the underwear. I trace around the front

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part of the underwear, which is smaller than
the back section by tucking the back section

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out of the way. Now you’re about to see
why I only traced around half of the underwear.

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But first, I’m going to draw a line exactly
down where the middle of the underwear would

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be. Then I’m adding a seam allowance at
the sides of both the front and back piece.

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And I’m also just adding a little bit extra
to the length. Then I’m going to cut out

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this half of the pattern I drew. Now, to make
sure my underwear would be completely symmetrical,

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I’m folding this half of the pattern over
the line I drew up the middle. And then I’m

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tracing around this half. Then I simply cut
out this other half, and this is my finished

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pattern piece! Now, you could just use half
of this pattern and cut on the fold, but because

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I am working with very stretchy fabric, I
just prefer to use an entire pattern piece.

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And then I just folded it up here to make
sure that it’ll make sense as underwear.

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And, yeah, that totally looks like underwear!
So, yay! So, now this pattern is finished,

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and it could be used to make low-waisted underwear.
But I actually want to make this particular

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pair of underwear high-waisted. So, I copy
my pattern piece but add an extra couple of

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inches on both the front and the back of the
underwear to make a high-waisted pattern piece.

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Then I do the same thing I did with the other
pattern piece to make sure it’s all symmetrical…

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And I cut it out. To make my underwear, I
place the pattern onto my selected fabric.

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Now, the fabric I’m using is soft cotton,
jersey material -- much like stretchy t-shirt

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material. If it’s a one-way stretch fabric,
then the stretch much go in the direction

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your waistline. I pinned my pattern piece
onto the fabric to stop it from moving around,

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and then I traced around the shape using a
fabric marker. And then I cut the shape out.

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Then I folded the fabric together, right sides
together -- like this, so then it looks just

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like a pair of underwear. And I pinned it
to hold it in place. Now, you can use a zig-zag

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stitch here or use an overlocker, if you have
one. Just make sure you are removing the pins

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as you go. Then I turned it the right way
round and I have what looks like just like

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a pair of underwear, which is pretty damn
exciting! Now it’s time to add some lace

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trims to get rid of that raw edge. Measure
the amount of lace you will need by wrapping

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the lace around your legs in the spot that
the underwear will sit and your waist. I then

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placed the lace right-side down on top of
both of the leg holes and the waistline, just

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like this. Now, where you sew depends how
much lace you want peeking out of your underwear.

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If you want a lot of lace peeking out, then
sew closer to the edge. But if you want less

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lace peeking out, then sew this side of the
lace. I wanted a fair amount of lace peeking

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out, so I’m going to sew directly down the
middle. But you need to make sure the lace

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is lined up with the edge of the fabric all
the way around. To sew the lace unto the fabric,

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I used a narrow zig-zag stitch. And I sewed
the lace on, while pulling it gently, all

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around the leg hole. Now, you should two ends
of the lace free, so that when you’ve sewn

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all around the leg hole, you should have something
like this. I sewed these two ends together

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using a zig-zag stitch and I cut the excess
lace off. Then what you need to do is flip

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the lace over to the inside of the underwear
and then sew across the top, again using a

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zig-zag stitch. Where you sew here is really
up to your own personal preference and taste.

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If you don’t really want a visible stitch,
sew with a narrow zig-zag stitch close to

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the lace. I didn’t mind a more visible stitch,
so I sewed further away from the lace. But,

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as long as you are catching the lace on the
other side of the fabric, it doesn’t really

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matter -- it just depends on what you want it
to look like. And that’s it! This is what

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they look like finished! And these are some
other pairs I’ve created -- some high-waisted,

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and some that are more of hipster style, along
with my favorite. A plain pair of white underwear

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made from an old t-shirt that I added a Raggedy
Ann iron-on applique onto. So, thank you so

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much for watching and for supporting my channel.
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helpful, then hit the thumbs-up button and
I’ll see you all for my next video. Bye!