{"id":2852,"date":"2015-10-18T19:05:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T00:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=2852"},"modified":"2015-10-21T10:39:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T15:39:15","slug":"pajama-pants-for-bob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=2852","title":{"rendered":"Pajama pants for Bob"},"content":{"rendered":"

Began making \"2<\/a>pajama pants for Bob.\u00a0 Upon closer inspection of the pattern I already have (vintage Simplicity 4889), it is sized XL-XXXL.\u00a0 According to the pattern envelope, XL is WAY too big for Bob but since it’s the only suitable pattern in the stash, I decided to grade it down substantially and make it anyway.\u00a0 Thankfully, they’re pajamas so fit is not a big issue.<\/p>\n

The stash fabric is beige, brown and dark teal flannel.\u00a0 I narrowed the full length of the pants by 4″ and shortened them by 2″.\u00a0 The waist required elastic and a drawstring but after discussion with Bob, I learned he hates drawstring pants.\u00a0 I decided to put 1″ elastic not only in the elastic channel, but also in the drawstring channel.\u00a0 He LOVES the double elastic and says they are wonderfully comfortable.<\/p>\n

Even after altering the pattern, the pajama pants still turned out really baggy but he says they are extremely comfortable and he wears them very often.\u00a0 I call them ‘clown pants’ but he insists they are perfect.\u00a0 Yeah, perfect clown pants!<\/p>\n

For the next pair, I found a vintage pajama pattern (Simplicity 9956) online in Bob’s actual size and ordered it.\u00a0 In this particular pattern, Bob wears a size Large and according to the line drawing on the pattern front, the pants appear slimmer.\u00a0 Thankfully, the seller sent the pattern right away so after I made myself a pair of denim shorts, I was able to cut the new PJ pattern from teal, black and purple plaid flannel from the stash.\u00a0 For modesty sake, I eliminated the fly and elasticized the drawstring waist.\u00a0 I\u00a0 shortened the crotch and leg length by 1″ each.\u00a0 This pattern had no pocket so I decided to add two positioned on the upper leg, much like cargo pants.\u00a0 The pockets will be handy when he is in the hospital and wants to leave his room.\u00a0 They offer a secure place for his wallet and glasses.<\/p>\n

Because of a minimum of alterations, these pants whipped up fast.\u00a0 Bob has tried them on and absolutely loves them.\u00a0 I know both pair will receive lots of wear now that our weather has cooled.<\/p>\n

There is more flannel in the stash so I feel certain more pj pants are in my sewing future.<\/p>\n

Shirl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Began making pajama pants for Bob.\u00a0 Upon closer inspection of the pattern I already have (vintage Simplicity 4889), it is sized XL-XXXL.\u00a0 According to the pattern envelope, XL is WAY too big for Bob but since it’s the only suitable pattern in the stash, I decided to grade it down substantially and make it anyway.\u00a0 (continue reading…) <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2852"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2867,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions\/2867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}