One Stray Pea

Exactly, when you can’t sleep it makes the most sense to sew some sleepwear. That’s precisely what I did last week when I was trying to get some sleep before work. I already had the pants cut out, if you remember from the crafty insanity that was taking over our guest bedroom. First I made two pairs of pajama pants for Elise, out of some cutsie animal prints that my mother in law bought at Joanns. I used to same pants pattern from Amy Butler’s Little Stitches that I used on the giraffe pants. These pants combined took only about an hour and a half to complete. The only alterations I made to the pattern was to add a little bit of extra elastic to the waist and an inch to the length, in order to make the size 12-18 months rather than 9-12 months.I also chose to hem each pant leg before I started sewing the pants together, it’s easier that way and works well if you know exactly what length you need.

Next I worked on some pajama pants for myself from Heather Ross’ Weekend Sewing. I used a size small and took about 4 inches off the length of the pants, because if you’ll remember, I have short legs. I used the delightful Matryoshka doll fabric from Heather’s West Hill line. Instead of putting elastic in the waist, I used a drawstring instead. I used the instructions from Amy Butler’s In Stitches for making the drawstring casing. Interestingly enough, when I made my wide leg lounge pants from In Stitches, I chose not to use a drawstring, but make an elastic waist instead. Go figure.

The Weekend Sewing pajama pants took about the same amount of time that it took to sew two pairs of pajama pants for Elise, but I suppose that’s because my legs are about twice as long.

Filed under: Sewing For Babies and Children on June 9th, 2009