the blue blog archives: pajama time!

I finally started working on my pajama bottoms. Step one was make buttonholes, something which I hadn't done before and needed to practice a bit with my machine first. My machine has a nice little four-step buttonhole stitch that worked real well, so I jumped right in and did it!

The buttonholes are actually not for buttons but rather for the tie at the waist. If I understand the instructions correctly, elastic will be attached between two fabric ends, which will slide through the buttonholes to the front. I really hate pajama pants with only elastic. I prefer men's pj's with snaps that let the pants hang around my hips. I hope that I can manage to adjust things on these pj's so they'll sit on my hips the way I like.

posted by alison at 7:08 am | in sew groovy

Comments

I've never made pajamas but my guess is your pattern is going to tell you to measure some stated length of elastic to be inserted in the waist. If you make it a little longer than instructed, it will then be looser and should sit on your hips the way you want them to. Great buttonholes! What kind of machine do you have? I have an older portable Singer which also has a four-step process for buttonholes but mine never look as good as yours.

Posted by: Charlotte at March 20, 2003 2:48 PM

Yay! What a great buttonhole!

Posted by: Laura at March 20, 2003 3:07 PM

Thanks for the tip, Charlotte. I can't take any credit for the buttonhole, the machine did everything. I just had to stop the pedal and press the button to move to the next step each time. I have a little Bernina activa that my mother gave me for Christmas and I love it!

Posted by: alison at March 20, 2003 5:17 PM

waists of PJs are so hard to get right. i am currently wearing this pair that ties, but i either have the tie too loose, so they're falling off, or too tight so it's uncomfortable. i can't seem to get it right! maybe i should rip a seam into them and try out some snaps!

Posted by: carolyn at March 27, 2003 9:04 AM