The shorts-and-pants pattern you’ll make on repeat.
Meet the Foxie Boxies: relaxed, oversized shorts and pants made for actual life.
Make them in linen for summer, sew the full-length version for travel, keep them simple or hack them into something completely different. With an ultra-wide elasticated waistband, plenty of ease through the leg and two lengths included, they’re comfortable, versatile and very easy to come back to again and again.
Why you’ll love them
- Shorts + full-length pants included
- Relaxed, oversized fit
- High rise
- Ultra-wide, grown-on elastic waistband
- Nested inseam pockets
- Optional side slits
- Optional faux-fly stitching
- Easy to lengthen, shorten and customise
- Confident-beginner friendly
- Projector, A0/Copy Shop + A4/US Letter files included
- Layered sizes
- Instant digital download
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Fit + sizing
Choose your size based on your full hip measurement.
If you prefer less volume, you can size down 1–2 sizes. Grace likes to size down once for the full-length Foxie Long version.
Hip: 88–154 cm / 34.6–60.6 in
Drafted height: 170 cm / 5'7"
Shorts inseam: 7.5 cm / 3 in
Full-length inseam: 81.5 cm / 32 in
The rise, shorts inseam and full-length pants can all be adjusted using the lengthen/shorten lines included in the pattern.
What’s included
- Foxie Boxies shorts pattern
- Foxie Long full-length pants pattern
- Illustrated instruction booklet
- A4/US Letter files
- A0/Copy Shop files
- Projector file
- Layered sizes
- Instant digital download
The projector file includes calibration grids, layered sizes and black or white background options.
Skill level
Confident beginner.
Construction includes inseam pockets, side and inner-leg seams, an elastic waistband, hems and optional side slit and faux-fly details.
Suggested fabrics
Foxie works beautifully in a wide range of fabrics, including:
- Linen
- Cotton
- Silk
- Rayon
- Viscose
- Flannel
- French terry
- Jersey
- Fleece
If your fabric is lightweight or non-opaque, you may wish to line your Foxies. Lining instructions are not included.
Fabric requirements
Shorts: approximately 0.9–1.4 m / 1–1.5 yd depending on size.
Full-length pants: 2.75 m / 3 yd for all sizes.
Fabric requirements are based on 130 cm / 51 in wide fabric using minimum-use layouts. Allow extra for directional prints, nap or pattern matching.
Notions
- Matching thread
- 75 mm / 3 in elastic
Alternatively, you can use two rows of 38 mm / 1.5 in elastic.
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Please note
This is a digital PDF sewing pattern. No physical product will be posted.
For personal/home sewing only. Not for distribution or mass production.
