new jammies

The big girls each got new jammies this week. A couple of weeks ago I bought each girl a 3-pack of camisoles when they were on sale at Fred Meyer. I have enough fabric already to make them each at least 3 pairs of pajama pants, so for under $15 they’ll each have three sets of pajamas to wear this summer, which I think is plenty. Especially since they each already have a pair or two that were either bought ahead or hand-me-downs. Rowan has plenty, I think, from her big sisters, so we should be all set.

For this first pair, I used the pattern for bloomers from this pattern (which I used to make Dakota’s birthday dress, and plan on using a couple of more times, at least.) They are supposed to have elastic near the hem, so the legs get all poofy, but when I let Tacy try them on to make sure the waist was the right size, she told me she did not want elastic at the bottom. Which meant that Dakota didn’t either. I think they’re still cute, especially in this really light weight cotton. Both girls love them, even though they aren’t pink, because they have little blue flowers. I think they also love them because it’s all French seams inside, so no raw edges anywhere.  I think next I’ll use the pajama pants pattern from Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross.

Maybe I’ll even get around to making some for Mama and Papa, too.