Hey guys, I'm back! Apologies for being away, it's been too long, and hopefully this makes up for it. My grandmother spent a week at the hospital for an operation, and was just discharged yesterday. My mom asked me if I could get some material to make my grandma some pajamas to wear at home once she gets discharged-- her current pajamas was too short on the legs and too tight on the waistband, and the sleeves of the blouse was too long.
Since my grandmother spent a few days floating in and out of sleep at the hospital while the anaesthetic wore off while being in pain from the surgery scars, we couldn't really take her measurements so we decided to base the pattern off one of her pajama sets.
The sleeve was drafted using Winifred Aldrich's book (bless her)-- I tried googling for a shortcut easy way to draft sleeves (haha lazy me) and found this video by Fettucinnetube, but after drafting it and showing it to my mom, she said it looked weird and I had to agree. If anyone's tried the Fettucinnetube technique, let me know if it worked for you. I ended up drafting the sleeve the correct way with the Aldrich book and am glad I did it coz the fit is nice!
I drew the pattern in Illustrator and was in such a hurry to finish it because my grandmother was discharged a day earlier than we anticipated. Sooo the pattern isn't perfect by industry standards (you will have to have experience in sewing pattern pieces together), but hopefully it will make sense and be of help to anyone who is looking for some pajamas to lounge around in.
After sewing it, I shortened the sleeves by 9cm from the hem (the pattern's sleeves would sit at the elbow-- an oversight of mine during the drafting process as I had forgotten that my grandmother wanted shorter sleeves, oops).
It's made for size XL, and I would recommend lightweight fabrics such as cotton, rayon, satin, polyester, as long as they feel good against your skin (a good excuse to play with the fabric like a cat at the fabric store).
The pattern is available for free as a print at home copy. The top/blouse prints on 30 pages, and the pants pattern prints on 20 pages. 1cm seam allowance (SA) is included, and there are guides to help you line up the pages to stick them together. More instructions on the pattern pdfs.
I sewed a little satin ribbon on the front of the pants as a reminder of which way's the front. Though, technically, since the crotch curve of this pants is pretty low (nobody should wear tight crotched pants as pajamas, please just don't), the pants can be worn either way.
Download the PDF patterns here:
Sweet Nana Pajamas (Top)
Download the PDF patterns here:
Sweet Nana Pajamas (Top)
Sweet Nana Pajamas (Pants)
Feel free to use it to sew a loved one some pajamas! This is my first pattern that I'm sharing here, so please share it and let me know if you like it. If you have any questions, do leave a comment or tweet to me at @chiiiiing (5 i's). Enjoyyyy! :D
Feel free to use it to sew a loved one some pajamas! This is my first pattern that I'm sharing here, so please share it and let me know if you like it. If you have any questions, do leave a comment or tweet to me at @chiiiiing (5 i's). Enjoyyyy! :D
