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| Getting those last two pairs cut |
I decided once again to just make the pajama pants for the grandkids and embroider store bought t-shirts. These are gifts from St Nick (the 8 yr old figured it out this year that grandma probably makes them as they are all the same.) I bought matching t-shirts from Old Navy and flannel from JoAnn Fabrics. I figured I needed about 10-11 yards of flannel to make their pajama pants. Unfortunately the bolts only have 8 yards on them usually at JoAnn's. I bought a full bolt of one with ice skates and sweaters and three yards with gingerbread men and Santas. The plan was to cut the four older grandkids from the larger piece and the two younger ones from the smaller piece. However with some creative cutting layouts, I was able to get all six pairs from the one piece. As they get older and bigger I'm sure that won't be an option.
For the youngest, I used the pants pattern from Sewing for Baby. For the 3 year old, I used the pants pattern from Sewing for Toddlers and for the four oldest, I used McCall's 8311 that I have in multiple sizes.
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| For Violet, 1 |
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| For Gabriel, 3 |
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| The four older ones |
When it came time to do the embroidery on the tops, I was debating between ugly sweaters or ice skates. I chose the
ice-skates pattern from Embroidery Library after I found I was able to buy HTV from Amazon in white. I thought this made for a more realistic looking ice-skate. For the girls I did pink laces and for the boys I did blue laces. For the two youngest I chose the smaller size embroidery and for the four older ones the larger size. I just hope the HTV holds up in the wash.
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| Embroidery detail |
Maybe I can get a picture of all 6 of them wearing them when the come here to celebrate Christmas.
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