Next in my 'quest to finally blog the things I made months ago' comes this PJ set:
The robe is McCall's 6659 and was made quite some time ago with 5 yards of estate sale fabric. It was intended to be a muslin, but I ended up really liking the fit and print, although was never in love with the color. (Here's a picture of me looking silly to show what it originally looked like.)
When the Sleepwear Sewalong was announced over on the Facebook group, I figured it would be the perfect push to a) dye the robe a more suitable color, and b) make a matching tank top and shorts, since the robe didn't come close to using up the 5 yards I started with.
The shorts are another pair of Purl Soho City Gym Shorts, but I unfortunately don't remember the name of the tank top pattern I used. (I know that it was a free PDF, but the pattern pieces aren't marked with the brand.)
You may notice that the dyed color and the original color aren't all that different...You can blame RIT dye and synthetic fabric for that. I bought a big bottle of blue RIT dye for this, envisioning a luxurious blue PJ set. Well, when I actually dyed everything, it turned out..purple. Which wasn't bad, I was just confused. Doesn't yellow + blue = green? Unfortunately, the nice purple color washed out and I was left with this slightly less-yellow set, but...still not too shabby, right?
Now I can feel semi-put-together when I'm lounging around the house! Hopefully I'll have one last robe to share with you in the next few days so I can complete my 6 sleepwear items!
Wow, I can't believe it's my 100th post here! Thanks for joining me for this momentous occasion. :-)
I'm not sure if you've heard, but this is Indie Pattern Month over at the Monthly Stitch. Given that June really snuck up on me, and I'm away for a business trip for a week, and after that I have friends in town (and and and), I wasn't planning to participate, but the stars really aligned to bring this project together.
First, I was cleaning out my closet. I found an unblogged skirt that I threw together last year, intended to be a maxi wrap skirt. However, I cut it a bit too short and could never get it to sit correctly, but last week I finally got around to pulling it out for a quick fix. Then, I saw a couple pairs of Purl Soho City Gym Shorts pop up on my sewing Facebook groups. The more I saw them, the more I liked them, and since I was waiting for a circle skirt to hang, I figured I could throw them together pretty quickly with the fabric left over from that skirt.
Then I saw that the latest Seasonal Sew Wardrobe (SSW) contest was sleepwear, with a goal of making 6 sleepwear patterns in 3 months. And then I really got to thinking...hey, I could enter the shorts into the TMS contest as a new-to-me pattern company, and throwing in another new-to-me company might really bump up my chances of winning, and also get me a quick 2/6 items for the SSW!
All of this madness occurred to me around 9 pm on Friday, and I was putting the finishing touches on the shorts at 11:15 am Sunday, right before I was due to leave for my business trip (which provided a nice white bed as a background, another bit of serendipity!).
Even if it weren't for the SSW, I think more PJs would be in my future...and certainly more City Gym Shorts! (Out shopping today, I saw some shorts that looked like they were made from the exact same pattern - for once I'm on-trend!) What about you - have you gotten the PJ bug yet? This set is so cute and comfy, I'm glad I finally made a matching one like I wanted.
