AMERSON UNDIE
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DESCRIPTION AMERSON UNDIE
seersucker, or eyelet
NOTES
Prewash fabric to remove starches and sizing unless stated otherwise
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HIP
CROTCH LINING: plain cotton jersey
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SELF: light to medium weight woven fabric such as cotton, poplin, pique, batiste,
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DROP WAIST
1/2 yard of 45-60 light to medium weight fabric
2-3 yards 1/4 elastic
1 rosette (optional)
sewing machine with zig zag stitch
CHART
SUPPLIES
MEASUREMENT
Ruffled and cheeky, Amerson is the perfect undie to wear underneath a sun dress,
a breezy skirt, or any other free flowing garment. With only two pattern pieces and
minimal supplies needed to make, Amerson is a sweet lingerie staple.
Pattern can be printed on letter or A4 paper
Ensure to print with NO SCALING
FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY
all rights reserved
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Crotch lining is group graded to maintain integrity of pattern shape
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There are no notches due to simplicity of pattern
LEG OPENING
For a clean finish, finish seams together using a zigzag stitch or overlock stitch
WAIST
After sewing seam, first press seam flat and then press seams open to avoid
puckering
MEASUREMENTS
Directions state to press seams open and finish seam allowances together (as one
ply) but for cleaner and nicer appearance on interior, either trim seam allowances
to 1/4 before finishing or sew with french seams
FINISHED T
All pattern pieces include 1/2 seam allowances
construction
1
With right sides
together, sew front
and back panels
together along CF
and CB
Press seams open
and finish seam
allowances TOGETHER
using a zig zag or
overlock stitch
Sew front and
back panels together
at side seams and
crotch seam
Press seams open
and finish seam
allowances
TOGETHER using
a zig zag or overlock
stitch
Finish waist and
leg opening with
1/4 double turnback
(see sketch)
Using CUT ELASTIC
chart, cut waist and leg
elastic to the
appropriate lengths
Overlap waist
and leg opening
1/2 and secure
with a box stitch
(see sketch)
Place elastic 1/4
from waist edge
and attach using a
zigzag stitch
(stitch width = 4.5 / stitch length = 1.0)
Repeat step 8
to sew elastic at
leg opening
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Finish crotch lining with zigzag or
overlock stitch. Center crotch lining over crotch
seam and attach using straight stitch
machine tacks. Attach to CF/CB
seam allowances and elastic at crotch seam
(see sketch on Technical Sketch page)
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OPTIONAL: Attach rosette at CF by
hand tacking through all plys
sketches
sketch for step 7
over lapping elastic
1/2
sketch for step 5
1/4" Double tur nback
First, turn edge back 1/4 and
stitch close to edge. Then turn
edge back and stitch
1/4 from edge.
rosette hand tacked at CF
and sewn through all plys/layers
of fabric
techn ical
sketch
WAIST & LEG OPENING FINISH
zigzag stitch width = 4.5
zigzag stitch length = 1.0
1/4 double turnback
Added side
seams to reduce
yield/yardage
CF
CROTCH LINING
machine tacks
CB
elastic
crotch seam
finish edge
with overlock/
zigzag stitch
1/4 elastic at waist and
leg opening
ensure to print with no scaling
crotch lining
TEST SQUARE
L/XL
M/L
XS/SM
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25
26 1/2
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medium
large
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19 3/4
23
24
small
WAIST OPENING LEG OPENING
CUT ELASTIC LENGTH
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SIZE
patter n layout
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AMERSON UNDIE
FRONT
all seam allowances = 1/2
AMERSON UNDIE
FRONT
all seam allowances = 1/2
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L/XL
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XS/SM
crotch lining
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medium
large
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TEST
SQUARE
ensure to print with no scaling
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CUT ELASTIC LENGTH
SIZE
WAIST OPENING LEG OPENING
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19
small
24
19 3/4
medium
25
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26 1/2
21 1/2
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22 1/2
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AMERSON UNDIE
BACK
all seam allowances = 1/2
KUDOS
To Antonella Avogrado for drawing the beautiful illustrations on page 1
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