These comfy pjs are made from the stash. I used one piece of floral cotton/lycra jersey, a leftover piece of cotton rib knit, and a few scraps of lavender cotton thermal knit. In the photo, one leg of the sleep shorts is folded up to show the floral cuff/lining. One of the purple ankle socks is pulled onto one sleeve.
I made a pair of shorts with the stone blue rib knit a few years ago. The fabric is soft and strong, stretchy with excellent recovery. I wish I had more!
Sometimes when I draft a pattern piece I leave it with the pattern I used with it. Other times, I stuff the piece into a big envelope with other miscellaneous pieces. The front and back for this tee came out of that envelope. I don’t remember why I made them. I pulled a full length sleeve piece out of the same envelope. I think it is the starting point for my experiments with leg-o-mutton sleeves. To shorten it I simply folded the end up.
I sewed the whole thing on the serger — WITHOUT machine basting first!! Wow I was brave!! LOL! In fact, I did not use my regular machine AT ALL on this tee! I even sewed and applied the rib neck band on my Enlighten, and coverstitched the hem and sleeves with my Evolve.
My bravery did not extend to the sleep shorts. I used my basic slim fit pattern that is the Style Arc crotch modified with the Fit Nice System. I made them just below knee length. I had a little bit of floral knit left, so I cut cuffs to line the inside of the bottom of each leg. To show off the floral, I left the side seams open about 4″ at the bottom of the leg. I slipped the floral over the bottom of the leg, sewed along the side seam opening, along the bottom, then up the other side of the open side seam. After clipping the seam allowance at the corners I flipped the floral band to the inside, finishing the hem and open side seam.
Last were the ankle socks. I like ankle sock. They are just a tube of purple scraps, with a narrow floral band at the bottom and a blue rib band at the top. My original plan was to use the floral on both, but it wasn’t stretchy enough to be comfortable at the top of the sock, so I substituted a narrow band of the ribbing instead.
The second photo is the inside of the short leg, with the cuff lining pinned in place.
<b>Pattern Description: </b>
Summer pjs. Oversized tee with neckband, below the knee (is that peddle pusher length?) sleep shorts with decorative cuff lining, leg warmers
<b>Pattern Sizing:</b>
Mine! To me.
<b>Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it?</b>
Everything looks as I expected it to
<b>Were the instructions easy to follow?</b>
No instructions.
<b>What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern?</b>
Sized to me!
<b>Fabric Used:</b>
Tee is cotton/lycra jersey from Fabric Mart. Shorts are cotton rib knit, leftover from a pair of daytime shorts. The purple thermal knit is just scraps.
<b>Pattern alterations or any design changes you made:</b>
The sleeve was long, I just folded it to cut it short.
<b>Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others?</b>
Yes, I’ll be making more pjs!
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