P-Jam Party

A few weeks ago, I made some cozy flannel PJ pants  for myself using an old elastic waist pants pattern and adapting it a little. They're my new favorites. If they didn't have ridiculous (and by ridiculous I mean cute) looking monkeys all over them, I'd wear them out of the house. 

Wait one hot minute. Is posting photos on the internet of me wearing them sort of the same as wearing them out of the house? Oh my, I'm going to have to think about this one.  

I used some easy modifications to make these pants just right. 

1) I used satin baby blanket binding to make the casing for the drawstring. It's wonderfully smooth and doesn't require any finishing on the edges! So easy.

2) I actually stole this idea from another old pattern by McCalls. Instead of just using a basic drawstring, I cut the drawstring in half, and sewed each piece to either end of a 5 inch piece of elastic. Voila, now the drawstring is stretchy! This is truly the key to making drawstring pants comfy.

Here's a few photos of me and my littlest modeling our Pjs. E's longjohns are my absolute favorite. :)

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Spring Dreaming Skirt + Family Photoshoot

Happy Sunday! I've been blessed by so many people and things today. 1) My creative husband, who so graciously took pictures of me. 2) My sister's DSLR camera. 3) My beautiful children, who braved the 20 degree weather with me. 4) My sweet mother in law, who went thrifting with me. 5) My Husqvarna Lily. She's the best stitcher in the world.

Here's a few peeks at our fun photoshoot today!

The B.E., sitting on his own. I love clear January skies! 

I love this springy skirt. Even though I was freezing wearing it, I could just see daffodils popping up around me and robins digging up worms in the backyard. (Wishful thinking, eh.) My mom gave me a bag of old bedsheets the other day, and inside was a set of lovely flowered sheets that I had on my daybed as a little girl! I was so happy. The sheets were my grandma's, and when she gave me the daybed, the sheets came along with it. 

All sentiment aside, the fabric is really cute. In searching for skirt ideas, I came across this pattern by Jess from Running With Scissors. You can find the tutorial for it here. I goofed it up at first by making it too short, hence the plain white border. :) This pattern is really exciting for me, because it gave me the confidence to sew with elastic thread. (Apologies for not including the detail, but around the waist is about 8 rows of shirring, made using elastic thread.) I just couldn't believe how easy it was. Thanks, Jess!

I adore these pockets! 

Isn't he gorgeous? His little suit is made out of the most leaf-attracting material I have EVER seen. You know that went straight in the washer.

I wore:

Sweater: thrifted, Banana Republic

Cami: Forever 21

Skirt: handmade

Knee Socks: Target

Boots: Steve Madden

E wore:

Snowsuit: Baby Gap

Sweater Booties: Target

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Baby Pants: Funny Farm.

Greetings from 1:28 AM. I'm currently listening to my husband and dog snoring together down the hall. They've got rhythm. I just feel like posting again. These baby pants make me laugh. I made them the other night, just to try out a new pattern with some scrap fabric. I love the pattern, and will be using it to make lots of pants for The B.E. And I must say, the fabric is growing on me as well. ;) I'm pretty sure it's left over from a project my Mom made in the early 90's. <3 Goodnight!