Hemmed in

I remembered to take pictures while hemming my last pair of PJ's.

I serged all raw edges then I turned the waistband and ironed a narrow strip, then folded another 1.5 inches to make the pocket for the 1 inch elastic. Used two rows of topstitching for a nice finish.

For the cuff, I serged the raw edge and turned and ironed a small strip. Then folded 2 inches and ironed again. After ironing, sew with straight stitch at the top of that hem.

THEN here is the tricky part. Not really, but I couldn't figure out how I did it without taking an old pair apart.

Turn pants right side out and fold the bottom hem up another 1.5 inches. Press flat and top stitch at the top and the bottom of the cuff. Finished them off really nice.

My seams aren't straight but neither am I.

JoAnn's Christmas haul

After ordering this three times I finally got my shit together and ended up with the best Christmas present ever! I wish I knew how to stream because I would make my palette's of ink and my colorburst online!  I hear the girls are having a stream-a-thon over the New Year, looking forward to that.

 Do you think my new pj pants are too bright? Ha!

Three pair down one to go. Just need to finish up the hem and waist of the fourth. So cute and I am really getting better at sewing, never thought that would happen.

It helps to have a good machine and my husband fixed my serger for me.

I will try to take pictures of the the last pair because I actually had to deconstruct a previous pair to figure out how I made that cute hem. Not that hard, but I could not figure it out without taking it apart.

Can't believe I messed that order up so many times but glad I repeated it over and over. It was worth it! Four pairs of pj's for only $32 bucks. The inks were on sale $5.99 for three, and I got the colorburst through Amazon with credit card points so they were free! What a HAUL!

New flannel!

My flannel showed up from my JoAnn's order! They sent me extra yardage for free and all of it is really nice!

I spent yesterday pre-washing the fabric and drafting a pattern for pj's. I've lost a lot of weight since I last made them so I made a new one. Freezer paper works great for me because I hate pins and I just iron it to my fabric and peel it off after I cut it out. Reusable and not near as flimsy as tissue. 

I must have channeled my auntie because I made a muslin pair to check my sizing.

John helped me measure my body the other day.  I put on a pair of long underwear so I wouldn't freeze and we measured everywhere! He enjoyed it more than he should have, ha. We have been married for thirty five years and this old gal is showing the age. (Life is tough, but so am I.)

With all that done yesterday I spent today ironing the fabric and got all four pairs cut out and ready to sew! Trying to make them in an assembly line so I can get them done quickly so I can spend the rest of the winter all warm and cute and cozy and play with my new watercolors and alcohol inks! They haven't all arrived, but should be on the way! Merry Christmas to ME! If they get here before the pants are done it won't be good. 

 It was so warm on Christmas day I opened all my windows and doors and cleared that stale energy of 2016. That was good.

 Had to add a Happy New Year message to my Christmas cards because they did not go out in time.

Is it wrong to have fifteen different blue gel pens in your studio? If so, then I am going to hell in a hand a basket! AND, I did not find the perfect match for the manganese blue Archival Ink I had used with the gelli plate!

walmart fabric

Just a heads up for all you seamstresses out there.  The difference in the quality of fabric from Walmart and Joann's.  I've washed all these about five times.  The purple look like they are three years old!  I paid three dollars a yard on sale for all fabric.  As you can see the Walmart fabric is not a bargain!  Don't waste your money and time at Walmart.  I'm sure I'm the last one to figure this out... 

another inktense t shirt

The inktense fades out a lot in the wash but I like the look.  Reminds me of water color.  The design is a "mic".

flannel pj's

Tried some shibori techniques on this set of pj's.  Thought I was going to add to the shirts but the pants are so busy I think I'm done.