Last month I also devoted some time to updating the pj situation in my life, and in little Theo’s life too! It suddenly got really really cold overnight, and my fave old bunny pj’s, that I still LOVE btw are sadly too thin to really cut it any more…
I actually bought both the white and mustard, fluffy cotton flannelette at Spotlight very early out of our first lockdown last year… I panicked that we might have another lockdown and I would need new pj’s and that I didn’t have the fabric for a new pair, so rushed out and quickly bought some. Then decided my bunny pj’s would be fine for another year after all. Anyway, they’ve been made now and ooooo, they’re so fluffy and awesomely warm I’m in heaven as soon as I put them on.. 😀
I used my namesake pattern, the Closet Core patterns Carolyn pj’s for the bottoms, and for the tops I used my now standby pj top pattern Burda 10-2009, 121; which is just so quick and easy and comfortable. I jazzed up both pieces by incorporating a bit of faux piping in some horizontally placed seams. I used the selvedge of both white and mustard flannelette in their opposite pieces’ nd found a piece of gorgeous raspberry cotton jersey in my stash in both to tie them both together. The selvedges are just single thickness with the selvedge edge facing out, and the raspberry jersey is folded once with the folded edge facing out. On the inside, all the raw edges are overlocked together to finish, and the seam allowances are stitched UP in all cases.
One of the best things is that I think they look great with my fluffy pink robe, that I made two years ago and that is still going strong. It’s VERY IMPORTANT that one should look exceptionally well put together even in one’s pj’s, ahem…
Also, little Theo needed a sleeping bag… we had some very cold nights during June and Cassie had put in a request. I already had both these pieces of fabric in my stash too… the red fleece, well I’d previously used most of it to make kangaroo pouches last year, when we had the bushfire wildlife care callouts. I still had a few pieces big enough to cut out the sleeping bag, fortunately! I cut the collar and cuffs from striped cotton jersey, just to make it look more interesting and fun. The only thing I needed to buy in all of this was the red zip… I feel like my stash busting efforts are going really well!
Oh of course, the pattern… this is Butterick 5583 and I added 18cm in length because he is apparently a very tall baby!
Beautifully coordinated as usual. The baby is adorable in his little sleeping bag.
Both garments look great. Theo is looking adorable and obviously enjoys his new sleeping bag. All the best from Basel Anita
I remember making a few of those sleep sacques when mine were little.
Perhaps some of the most satisfying projects ever