Monday, October 31, 2011
Jammies - non Christmas for once
My daughter's 3rd birthday was a few months ago and she was growing out of her jammies so I decided I could make her some for her birthday. Well I was just going to do some nightgowns. Then I went back to Walmart to buy buttons and low and behold they have more fabric and now it's doubly on sale. So I decided to make pants to match also. Then my son told me he wanted me to make him something and guess what there was some Cars fabric on sale. So a simple sewing project turned into a big undertaking, well sort of. Here are the results (my children are happy people I promise but turn the camera on them and they become silly).
These are her "butterfly jammies". Yes I know it looks like she's drowning but I'm tired her growing out of things to quickly so I make things to last by making them a size or two larger than her current size. Then I do tricks like adding elastic to the sleeves/pant leg for a cute ruffle and to make them stay. The top is made out of fleece, and the bottom is made out of flannel.
These are the flower jammies. Silly girl wouldn't stand up straight for the camera. Both pieces of fabric are made from the same flannel. See they are big so they will last.
These pants require a bit of an explanation. So we found this remnant car fleece on sale and this boy LOVES cars (if you can't tell by his comforter and sheets and shirt). So I didn't even look at how much was available I just bought it (stupid I know). I get home and realize, yes it may be 60" in width but it's only like 20" across. SO I lay the pattern along the opposite grain line of where they are suppose to go made the pants and yeah they don't fit. The length is right it's just the hip/butt area that is to small so I grabbed some leftover green Christmas flannel and sewed a big strip of it along the crotch area and now it fits. So what if it stretches down the leg instead of across. He loves them and they were a quick and easy project. I'm finally learning to let go of the rules of sewing a bit and just let my creative juices flow.
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