Well y\’all, I am making good progress with my #menswearmakenine challenge and checking off boxes like nobody\’s business… all the easy boxes!! I\’ve already made a lot of Jedediah shorts for Alex and one All Day shirt, so those two items are repeats, but it does mean I can check off the Jedediahs off my make nine square. I decided to throw in some underwear in this post because then this could be an all handmade outfit, inside and out. Pretty cool!
There are no changes to the shorts or shirt patterns from the last time I\’ve made them, but I did try out some new fabrics. The shorts are made in a stretch twill I picked up last year from JoAnn to make myself a pair of Chi Town Chinos that never happened since I really don\’t wear shorts often. The shirt is a nice blush linen that Alex picked out himself. I think it\’s really lovely, and will get worn often. I wanted to make it super durable so I did all flat fell seams on the inside and everything. I had issues with the interfacing bubbling on the last shirt\’s collar and sleeves, so this time I tried something new and just added a layer of white fabric (a random white cotton shirting from my stash) as \”sew-in interfacing\” to collar, cuffs, placket, and collar stand. We\’ll see how it wears. He\’s had the shorts for a month or so and been wearing them a lot since the weather has been nice outside!
Regarding the underwear, I had put the Japanese pattern book boxers on my to do list (and actually, I have made a pair of those as well, which he\’s been wearing as pajama shorts) but Alex has a meundies subscription that he loves and the Comox briefs are very similar to those, so I\’m sort of checking off the pattern book boxers as well as the Comox briefs as one \”generic underwear\” square. I made the 36 and they are definitely a size too big, maybe even two. It\’s hard to tell because all the knit fabrics will behave differently! He hasn\’t complained but the next pair I make will be a bit smaller, after all, you can always adjust the waist elastic at the last minute.
Although the Comox trunks come with a vent/fly, the meundies do not, and I wanted to mimic those for this first pair. (Also, I didn\’t want to fuss with knit binding, shh.) Thread Theory has a super handy post on customizing your trunks and a vent-less version is one of the customizations available, so it was very easy to change. If you do the vent-less version, you can use the burrito method to enclose the front seams, as well as the crotch gusset (neither of these are sewn using the burrito method in the instructions but it\’s easy enough to do). The Comox shorts are a very simple and easy project for the brief-wearer in your life… although I doubt I\’ll be able to keep up with the one-a-month meundies subscription he loves!
xoxo,
Your man looks very happy and comfortable! Nice choice of the blush linen. I keep trying to get my boyfriend to try pink shirts. He'll wear cranberry pants though. :}I saw a beautifully made sample of this shirt in my local shop, but was surprised that the sleeve/armscye seam was just serged and topstitched…but you able to flat-fell yours?
Yes! The first version I made I did just serge and topstitch but I think it's a bit nicer this way. The seam allowances are small though, only 1/2\”, so keep that in mind! Mine aren't perfect but they're passable 🙂