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Pajama Pant Party…
Awhile back, I posted about the stacks of fabric needing to be magically transformed into projects. I am happy to report that I managed to complete 9 pairs of PJ pants…plus one. Yes, I am insane, 10 pairs of pj pants. I suppose technically they were 3 pairs of fleecy/sweatpants and 7 pairs of pj bottoms…. but 10 none the less.
yes, this is what it looks like “in process”
The girls had picked out 3 flannel fabrics and a fleece fabric each. As I was going through my stash (another post for another day) I found a big piece of flannel so I could make pants for Charlie and a length of orange cotton fleece that I had bought on sale to make Gwen something. Since the pants for the girls would all take the same pattern, and it’s the same assembly routine for all the pants, I decided to go for it and make them all up at once. I sewed in two batches, two of the fabrics were on the light side so I made those up with cream thread and the rest were in black, this saves me having to re-thread my serger for each color.
When I have a number of the same things to make, I do all the operations in batches. I cut and mark everything at once, stitch all of the inner legs at the same time, press and stitch all the hems at the same time…you get the picture. It is far more efficient to work this way than to complete one pant then start on the next one.
Each pant gets a ribbon “tag” at the center back so everyone knows front from back!
The bonus to this process is that when you’re done, you’re DONE. And, I won’t have to sew pajama pants for awhile. Of course, you will note there are no pants for me ;-).
a stack of cozy goodness
9 pairs of “cozy pants” as we call them. They are growing leaps and bounds, hopefully this will hold them for awhile. One last pair of pants…
Of course, they need to be approved by the studio assistant. On to the next stack of fabric!
A sewing jumpstart…
I will say that sewing is my first (craft) love. I’ve been sewing since I was in about 5th grade when my grandmother bought me a sewing basket and helped me make clothes for my barbie…and I’ve pretty much never stopped. Sewing may take a backseat to other pursuits, but never for long. Tonight I cut out something for *gasp* myself! A super simple top that (theoretically) will be quick to make. Sometimes you need a jump start to get back in the groove. I think I burned out on 10 pairs of pajama pants, and I’ve got stacks of fabric that need to be transformed into things to wear and use and boy do I need to get on those projects! So here’s to a jumpstart and a cute new top! Oh and yes, I did finish the pj pants…post on that coming!
What projects do use as a jumpstart?!
Come join me at a Pajama Party…
…at Big Picture Classes! Tonight at 6pm west coast time….which is 9pm east coast time (just about the time I am usually changing into PJ’s anyway!) Hang out at the party, join in a virtual make and take, chat on the message boards and work on a project of your own. There’s a rumor that yours truly may be making some kind of an appearance! we’ll see! My children have strict instructions to be in bed, quietly reading to themselves at 9pm tonight (we’ll see how well that works!!)
Hope to “see” you there!!
back on the digi-bandwagon
Now that my computer has recovered it’s 120Gb of “other” (crash plan backing up huge log files to my hard drive in addition to backing up on-line…needless to say, deleted crash plan and the files and hellooooo hard drive space!) I’m finally getting back to some digital scrapbooking!
My dear friend Janet is running a free class at Your Stories Go Digital called “This is me Exposed” It’s a super class with FREE digi-templates and kits to use in the project. I thought it would be a fun class and Janet’s designs are GORGEOUS!! See her shop HERE . The class runs for four weeks (and it’s kind of self-paced so although it’s on week 3, you can jump in now!) and I’ve finally gotten to making up the title page for my collection. I’m not sure what form it’s ultimately going to take but it will be fun going through the pages and answering all the questions….just might be getting my family in on the act as well!
What projects are you working on this month? I’m working out the best way to organize all the files and information for classes like this and will be sharing my methodology soon!
Happy Monday everyone!
triggsey 