Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Whole Lot of Pajamas Goin' On!


I went down the street to Dawna Harrison's house yesterday to make pajama bottoms. Not being much of a garment maker, I just did what I was told -- cut, press, and run elastic through waistbands -- while Dawna did all the sewing. We finished NINE PAIR in 7 hours....



The island in Dawna's kitchen was turned into a cutting area....



Dawna first serged the hems and waists of each piece, then handed them off to me to press in the hems. She serged the inner leg seams and then the crotch seams. The rest of the work was done on her Bernina 630 sewing machine.




Two of my pajama bottoms were made of Minkee -- not a good idea for Dawna to wear black!




These three pair are mine -- the bottom two are made of Minkee. LOVE the skulls and flowers! The ones that gave us the most trouble, though, were the top giraffe print PJ's. Satin is not fun to cut, sew OR press, but they sure are pretty!



SpongeBob and computer nerds PJ's for my husband, Dan....



Snowman and Boise State for Dawna's husband Robert, a Boise State alumni...



And matching snowman pajamas for Dawna as well as North Pole pajamas featuring igloos, Eskimos and a cart selling Fish-cicles!

We think next time we spend a Monday together (the only day that Dawna's shop, Bolts in the Bathtub, is closed), we may do machine embroidery!

1 comment:

  1. Great project! What pattern did you use, by the way. I can see matching pj bottoms for Valentine's Day!

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