Pyjama's made from existing Pyjamas

It has never been easier to re-create your favourite pj's with your own personal flair! Make them out of some nice flannelette and you will be warm and cosy all through winter.

Requirements list:

• Existing Pyjamas
• Flannelette fabric: 4m
• Coordinating fabric: 0.5m
• Coordinating thread
• Sewing machine
• Overlocker
• Elastic 2-5cm thick

Preparation:

1. Using instructions from Drafting your own patterns – part 1, draft up your Pyjama’s.
2. Cut out collar, pocket trim and cuffs from your coordinating fabric.
3. Cut out all remaining pattern pieces on your fabric.

Construction:

Pants:

1. Starting on your pants, pin both front crotch seams together. Repeat for back seams.

2. Overlock together.
3. Pin pockets in place on pants. Overlock together.

4. Match side seams of pants and pockets. Overlock together, pivoting around at pockets.

5. Fold up pant leg hems 2-5cm. Using your sewing machine’s straight stitch, stitch down.

6. Fold down waistband 2-5cm and pin in place.

7. Using your sewing machine, stitch in place. Ensure that you leave a 5cm gap from the first and last stitch to thread the elastic through.
8. Cut elastic according to your waist.

9. Using a safety pin, thread elastic through pants.

10. Stitch ends together, close gap in waistband.

Shirt:

1. Overlock the center front of your facing

2. Fold over 1cm and stitch.

3. Attach shoulder seams for front and back panels. Overlock together.

4. Fold over pocket trim. Overlock to top of pocket. Overlock edges.

5. Fold overlocking over. Iron

6. Place on front right-hand side. Using your sewing machine, stitch in place.

7. Pin Collar front and back together. Overlock.

8. Turn right side out, iron.

9. Pin collar in place. Fold down facing and pin.

10. Overlock neckline in place.
11. Stitch down remaining part of facing at shoulder seams.

12. Pin sleeve in place, overclock.

13. Repeat for the other sleeve.
14. Pin side seams together. Overlock.

15. fold sleeve cuff in half and overlock in place.

16. Fold over sleeve cuff and iron

17. Pin to sleeves. Overlock together.

18. Overlock hem of shirt.

19. Fold facing back, right sides matching. Stitch hem 2cm up from edge.

20. Turn the right way around.

21. Fold the remaining hem up 2cm. Using your sewing machine, Stitch down.
22. Using your buttons, place them along your shirt and mark on both sides for placements.

23. Using your machines buttonhole stitch function. Place buttonholes along the front of your shirt.

24. Place buttons on other side of shirt and stitch in place.

Congratulations on completing your Pyjama's!