The Summer Shorts Sewing Pattern is a pair of pull-on shorts designed for woven fabrics, featuring an elastic waistline, side pockets, and back pockets. The shorts have a knee-length cut and a relaxed unisex fit, making them a versatile and comfortable addition to any handmade wardrobe.
The Summer Shorts Sewing Pattern is unisex, thoughtf
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Summer shorts
Great pattern, super easy and quick to sew.
Will definitely be making more.
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Customer · June 22, 2026
Super easy
Nice quick shorts pattern Used when we had a little heatwave as of could run these up as needed
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Susie · June 2, 2026
Decent results, messy pattern and instructions
This pattern does make a decent pair of shorts, but there are a number of issues that would make me hesitant to recommend it to someone who isn't experienced with sewing and can notice and correct these issues.
- The size range is large, but the body dimensions for each size are not standard, with fairly average figures spanning two sizes. This is, however, mitigated by the elastic waist.
- The shorts used about a quarter yard more fabric than stated for size M, even with shortening the inseam and an efficient cutting layout.
- Contrary to the description, there isn't a video tutorial for this pattern, only for a similarly-constructed pair of pants, which does have some differences in the construction, albeit nothing major. The video is fast paced, with some steps only having a second of video time, and is not made with contrasting thread, so it's not always easy to see what's going on.
- The written instructions are a hasty adaptation of instructions from a different pattern, with some references to the other garment left over.
- The projector pattern has an error in the pocket opening interfacing. The pieces are rotated instead of flipped, so you end up with two identical pieces instead of mirrored.
- The interfacing for the back pockets is missing from the parts list in the instructions, and is not separately drawn in the pattern.
- The waistband is drafted so narrow that I found it almost impossible to get the directed waistband width into—I had to unpick and adjust the construction to widen it and make it fit.