Four year old Hazel speaks the truth. While helping hang out the washing, she asks - "Are these your undies? They're so big!!!" Afraid it's true, I like big knickers, I cannot lie. Inspired by these retro swimmers on Etsy, I set out to make my own version.
Surely a vintage pattern will be a good start. They ended up a little toooo big. Having them stretch up to my armpits wasn't a great look, so I scaled them back.
Making knickers is pretty easy (compared with, say, making a bra) and requires little fabric. Unaccustomed as I am to displaying my knickers on the internet, here is what I ended up sewing... and photographing in a bunched up way, to make them appear slightly smaller...