While I am still knitting my Baby Corn (albeit in a slower than snail-like pace), I have been experimenting further with sewing. Making cushion covers. Lots of cushion covers. The plan is to eventually replace all the sofa cushions with new, hand-made ones. We have thoughts of replacing the sofa cover as well, but I think I should leave re-upholstering to professionals.
After three cushion covers I decided it was all cushioned out and ready to try something a little different and possibly a little scarier. So I went for project number 2 in my Love at First Stitch book - both of my sewing books are arranged as sort of workshops, with projects increasing in difficulty and different skills introduced in each workshop.
Anyway, back to the project, which was the Margot Pyjamas, an actual item of clothing, even if intended to just be worn at home and not seen by the public. I set off, all eager, first ironing my giant piece of fabric (I guess the recommended length is not for shorties like me), then tracing the pattern onto this transparency thing that I picked up at John Lewis and, after cutting the pattern, tracing it again onto the fabric for cutting.
Yes, a lot of faffing was involved, partially I guess due to inexperience. It took me ages to work out what size to pick (damn you small waist and giant hips), and then the various steps of tracing and re-tracing were so time-consuming, makes me wonder whether the tracing method Tilly recommends might be more efficient. At least now I have the pyjama pattern already traced so one step would be cut if I were to make them again in the same size.
The assembly and sewing itself were fairly straight-forward, apart from the fact that I didn't understand how to join the two legs together and ended up sewing them onto each other (this might not make sense but basically was unwearable and needed picking).
I love them because I made them, but there are some issues with the size. They look big - they are pyjamas after all. But I had to pick a bigger size than I needed to fit them through my hips. The ribbon helps them stay on, but I wonder whether a smaller size with an elastic waistband might work better. At least the length I somewhat arbitrarily picked seems right, they are sort of 3/4 to ankle-length, which is what I wanted.
I also can't decided if I like the fabric. I felt a little overwhelmed when I was at John Lewis and everything just seemed incredibly expensive - who pays £30 for pyjamas, especially badly made ones? (perhaps that is not the right frame of mind though). So I picked up one of the few that was on sale and had colours (purple) that I liked. But it is not the snuggly-type affair you would want from your pyjamas, and I don't even know if I like the pattern anyway.
Anyway, I am still happy with my first ever item of clothing - if you can call pyjamas clothing. I am wearing them right now in fact!
After three cushion covers I decided it was all cushioned out and ready to try something a little different and possibly a little scarier. So I went for project number 2 in my Love at First Stitch book - both of my sewing books are arranged as sort of workshops, with projects increasing in difficulty and different skills introduced in each workshop.
Anyway, back to the project, which was the Margot Pyjamas, an actual item of clothing, even if intended to just be worn at home and not seen by the public. I set off, all eager, first ironing my giant piece of fabric (I guess the recommended length is not for shorties like me), then tracing the pattern onto this transparency thing that I picked up at John Lewis and, after cutting the pattern, tracing it again onto the fabric for cutting.
Yes, a lot of faffing was involved, partially I guess due to inexperience. It took me ages to work out what size to pick (damn you small waist and giant hips), and then the various steps of tracing and re-tracing were so time-consuming, makes me wonder whether the tracing method Tilly recommends might be more efficient. At least now I have the pyjama pattern already traced so one step would be cut if I were to make them again in the same size.
The assembly and sewing itself were fairly straight-forward, apart from the fact that I didn't understand how to join the two legs together and ended up sewing them onto each other (this might not make sense but basically was unwearable and needed picking).
I love them because I made them, but there are some issues with the size. They look big - they are pyjamas after all. But I had to pick a bigger size than I needed to fit them through my hips. The ribbon helps them stay on, but I wonder whether a smaller size with an elastic waistband might work better. At least the length I somewhat arbitrarily picked seems right, they are sort of 3/4 to ankle-length, which is what I wanted.
I also can't decided if I like the fabric. I felt a little overwhelmed when I was at John Lewis and everything just seemed incredibly expensive - who pays £30 for pyjamas, especially badly made ones? (perhaps that is not the right frame of mind though). So I picked up one of the few that was on sale and had colours (purple) that I liked. But it is not the snuggly-type affair you would want from your pyjamas, and I don't even know if I like the pattern anyway.
Anyway, I am still happy with my first ever item of clothing - if you can call pyjamas clothing. I am wearing them right now in fact!
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