Dear Sis,

I made William a new bedding set well over six months ago. When we were finished, we had a bit of flannel leftover from the sheets, so I cut out a matching pair of pajamas. Life got busy, and they ended up in a project box, until the light of the baby-sister-is-almost-here-sewing-craze shown on them!

I started assembly shortly after completing Sneaky Fox Saturday afternoon:) The pattern needed some reworking, plus I learned to use the button hole feature on my new sewing machine, so progress was a bit slow.

I was concerned, having cut this out well over six months ago, that it wouldn’t fit William, if I didn’t make it pre-arrival of baby sister. My concern was unwarranted. This pattern runs… forget big… HUGE! The assembly is simple enough, but I had to make some modifications to the size 2 so it would be small enough to fit my 3T wearing son. I left the bodice and sleeve panels as is, but decided to remove the interfacing from of the cuffs and make them half of their suggested width. I proceeded as usual with the front closure and collar. 

For the pants, I used a pair of pajama pants that fit William to figure out the crotch depth and leg length. I ended up chopping inches off of both… and I have a very tall kid. The result fits, and has growing space for the next year or more!

The button hole feature on my new sewing machine, took the better part of an hour to learn to use, but it is wonderful! No more hand sewn button holes… in my modern sewing anyway:)

As always, William is very proud to wear whatever Mama makes him! He told me, “I like it Mama.” I soon as we got them on. Mission accomplished!

Love,

b