I’m making bruce for my boyfriend for valentines day, and he’s rather muscular/thick. When watching the how-to-sew video, I thought this would be accounted for by the cross seam measurement, but then in creating the pattern I noticed the cross seam measurement is not used. How can I be sure the briefs won’t be too tight on his butt?
This is typically handled by stretch as this is a pattern that calls for a stretchy material like rayon.
If the ratio between hips and full seat is a concern, you could adapt the vertical seans between back and sides to bulge out, as that would create more room. But it’s not something that’s currently built-in.
That being said, it’s not something I’ve heard people complain about. So perhaps it’s not going to be an issue.