Hello! We seem to be done with spring here in California and heading straight for summer. I always have trouble finding shorts that fit me, so as soon as I finished these pants, I set about contemplating how to make Simplicity 3688 into the perfect vintage-styled shorts. Here’s my first attempt, in some sort of cotton canvas I picked up at Goodwill, lined with white quilter’s cotton.
I was initially afraid that the white background with a tiny print would make them look a little too much like I was wearing someone’s boxer shorts, but I think in the end they turned out just fine. I now have plans to make myself a whole ’40s/’50s styled playsuit using the same shorts pattern…
I somehow managed to put in the zipper and button band entirely backward… I’m not quite sure how! I apparently can’t tell right from left. I think I need to move the button over a smidge to get it to close the way I’d like, too… as you can see, I’m holding it in place for the picture so the edges all (mostly) line up. I used a vintage button from my grandmother’s button box, and I managed to find a white-painted Talon metal zipper at the fabric store! If I make myself another pair or two of these, I can finally get rid of all my ill-fitting commercially made shorts, which is quite exciting.
