You guys, I haven’t finished anything since the beginning of June, and it’s been even longer since I had had a major jolt of that “wow, I made that” feeling. These pajama pants are pure love. But wait: pants? That was neither the plan nor the revised plan.
To recap: As part of my Summer of Basics plan, I was making Carolyn pajama shorts in navy linen with black piping, but they were a little too fitted for comfort. They were also so gorgeous in the navy-black combo that I decided I wanted to do them as the pants instead of the shorts, with the intention of wearing them out of the house. So I resolved to make another, simplified pair of the shorts to work out the size, and then would go back to the navy pants.
So. Saturday morning I went into my sewing room and began tracing off the bigger shorts, then realized it would be easier to trace the pants and just make them shorts length, and then I’d have the pants pieces all ready to go (assuming the size was right). My plan to “simplify” things by doing them hemmed instead of with the cuffs was counterintuitive: As I was giving myself a migraine trying to figure out how to rework the side seams and inseam (in matching ways from front to back) to accommodate the wide hem I wanted, I realized that would be so substantially different from the pants that it wouldn’t tell me anything at all about the fit of the pants! So if I wanted this next pair to function as a fit muslin for the navy pants, I would have to make the pants.
The bad news is: I still don’t have the pajama shorts I really do need right now. The good news is: I do also need pajama pants, and these are fantastic. If I hadn’t sewn them in such pajama-y fabric — translucent, no less — I would 100% wear them out of the house. So now I’m more excited than ever about the navy linen pair.
These are View A, no cuffs, but I like them enough that I might actually go back and add cuffs at some point. Meanwhile, I just turned the hem 3″ and 3″ and sewed it with a medium stitch in case I decide to take it out and do that. And sewed the waistband my usual way. No other mods — the cut and fit is spot on. For the record, these are a straight size 12, just with a wider hem.
And yes, I’m counting these as my first finish for #summerofbasics.
(Worn here with my omnipresent black Adventure tank)
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I want a pair! These are fabulous.
It’s a great pattern.
Those pants are awesome! It really is a great pattern! I’ve made 2 pairs of pants from it and they both came out great.
Love those!! That pattern will go on my ‘to do’ list.
Definitely a winner!
Pyjama pant perfection!
Wow – they look great. So this is the fit going 2 sizes bigger than your measurements would otherwise dictate?
I think I really should have been cutting the 10 initially, going by the size chart, so I’d say this is one size up.
They’re beautiful and they look so comfortable!
They are!
These really look like pants I could 100 percent wear to work! A casual office, but still.
Definitely — they’re quite tailored. Fancier than any pj pants I’ve ever owned, for sure! And in a streetwear fabric, 100% streetworthy.
What pattern did you use?
Carolyn Pajamas by Closet Case
Thank you on your reply on the pattern you used.
Those look great on you. Can I come over and sit on your porch swing? I’ll bring wine…
I’d advise waiting for the weather to break!
As always your sewing looks meticulous but I am also loving your “She Shed”!
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