Here's the next pair of pj bottoms in progress. This time I prewashed the fabric - it shrank 8%, which is going to be significant in the ones already made, but those cuffs will let down, and they're plenty roomy width-wise.The pattern was made by transferring the dimensions of some existing pj-bottoms onto newspaper - one sheet for the front and one for the back, as it turned out. These can be overlapped at where the side seam would be to make a larger or smaller size, as needed. The waist rises at the back, and I'll put a label or some stitches there to help with putting them on right way round.
As these are hardly couture garments, I've bent the rules on using grainlines and cut across the fabric, to get maximum length. The legs go right to the other selvedge, and hems will be faced with strips of the spotty green fabric. The waist will be faced with the red fabric, to make a casing for the elastic. Pockets offer too many possibilities - not just on the shape and number, but whether to use red or green (or both?) for the pocket facings.
Hi Margaret, great cosy flannels you have found there and I especially like the sound of your bargain piece!
ReplyDeleteI have found when using flannels if you wish to avoid there being too much shrinkage you need to wash in cold water and then line dry.... the combination of warm/hot water and dryers will definitely make them shrink more than they should!
Despite being reliably informed that the industry standard for shrinkage in cotton fabrics is set at a maximum 4%, flannel will always go that step further!
Are you taking orders? These look so much more fun than standard chain store pink/grey!
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