so, as helpful as the pattern is, the instructions are a little bit lacking and i'm having a little trouble figuring out how to sew it.

Aaron: it should be the same as the measurement in step 2. ie. if your waist is 32 inches you'd add 12, making it 44 then divide by 4 making it 11. 11 inches would be the measurement for the pattern piece. the plus 1 is for seam allowance. hope that makes sense.

I am very new to sewing, but I've always been attracted to it (especially for the DIY factor)--anyways my question: What does step 8 mean by (waist measurement +12, +4, +1) Am I to add that somehow to the original measurement? Thanks so much.

For you people; to sew this without the fly. Remove the said imaginary line for fly and add two inches to the size on that side. It worked amazingly for me.

how would i modify this pattern to make it without the fly?

yes doo

idk

okay, I know this a guy friendly pattern, but as a girl, I wouldn't mind making this for myself. And if you wanted these unmentionables to really be unmentionable, make it out of lace! same with the corset! thx