The Pyjama Game – Part 1

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This didn’t set out as a game, but it sure ended up as one!  The aim was to sew myself a pair (as in singular) of pyjama bottoms that I could wear with a long sleeve tee while staying at The Craft Sessions.  But somehow it became another chapter in my fitting journey and I now have three pair of pyjama bottoms!

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For version 1, I traced the size small of Kwik Sew 3553 (View A) and unnecessarily increased the front and back rise by 1 inch (2.5 cm).  I said unnecessarily, as the finished pyjama pants sit high on my natural waist rather than at my preferred belly button level.

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The leg length was great but… check out my butt!  Just for the record, it’s not often I suggest such things…

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Can we all say ‘excess fabric’ together?

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I know these are pyjama bottoms and they aren’t supposed to be fitted, but in the ‘making moment’ I felt the need to own my flat bottom and to start to learn how to adjust patterns to accommodate it… or was that the lack of it?

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Pattern:  Kwik Sew 3443 – View A (pyjama bottoms only)
Size:  Small
Fabric:  Cotton from Tessuti (from deep in the stash)
Alterations:  Unnecessarily increased the front and back rise by 1 inch (2.5cm)
Accessories:  NA
Location:  An empty 1950s house (a time capsule) in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne

See also… Pyjama Game – Part 2 & Pyjama Game – Part 3

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