Pillowcase PJs
Firstly, thanks for the response to my last post – I thought it was a story that many of you would enjoy! I’ve been busy in the sewing room cutting out garments in preparation for next weekend at Sewjourn. While doing so Clare pointed out to me that one of her nighties was getting a bit short. It was made from a pillowcase, and I’ve just dredged through my archives and found a photo of Clare wearing it when I originally made it – back in 2007 (pre-Stella!)
The pillowcase was from a set of two, so I pulled out the second one and cut out a pair of matching pants. I was barely able to squeeze enough width out of it – you can see that they only just go around Clare (she’ll be 8 in January, but she’s small). I used a size 5 pattern as a basis for how deep to cut the crotch curves, but eliminated side seams and used the entire width of the pillowcase.
So now she’s got a top and pants set! Yippee! And how is that for clothing longevity – there’s something to be said for having children who don’t grow quickly – we get a couple of years wear out of most items. Which means that they have very full wardrobes since I don’t stop making them new garments…
Lovely pj’s but seriously, she is beautiful!!
Clever, clever you! Have I told you that before? What a little cutie!
you are lucky, I just noticed that Willow’s nighties are very small on her & I only made them a year ago! my kids appear to have grown out of everything, such a pain.
love the nightie & the pants, super cute.
Excellent solution!
It is a dilemma though – how many dresses are enough?? There are never enough say my girls.
I dont think I have enough days and spare hours to cut out what I want to take away – might have to do some tracing/cutting there (Boring!!)
This number is drop dead gorgeous on Clare the sweetie pie.
Very clever I’m impressed. Nice to see the before and after photos of Clare you can see how much she’s grown.
Oh my goodness, how thrifty and completely gorgeous at the same time! And lucky you – we do the “measuring and marking height against a wall each birthday” thing and my little girl has grown exactly 8 cm in the last year AND the year before that! I’m lucky if her clothes fit her for 6 months.
Gorgeous! Both the girl and nightwear!
And have fun at sewjourn – I was there last weekend and am now sad that it’s now nearly 5 months till I get to go again.
Cute jammies, and I love that they are made from pillow cases – such thriftiness! I am also discovering the clothes I made for my one year old last year still fit again this summer – great!