Here they are!  My silky, shiny, slinky, slippy, slide-y, red, white and blue Patriotic Pyjamas.  Jubilee Jammies.  If you’re interested in my Jubilee Jammie Journey, you can read about it in my Pyjama Party Posts.  I’ve slept in nothing else since they were completed, surely a success in anyone’s book?  Talking of books, I’d recommend… Continue reading Revealing (the) Pyjamas

Next make I am *not* using anything slippy.  If I had a penny for… Well I’m sure you’ve been there.  There have been more successes than failures with this top, but only just: It’s a lovely colour I did have just enough fabric to cut out  a self-drafted top I’m liking the sweetheart neckline The… Continue reading Seeing red

So that stash fabric that I chose?  Don’t know what it’s made from but it’s been a challenge to work.  It’s not just the fluidity of the material that makes it slide gracefully to the floor the moment you loosen your hold, there’s also the gentle but constant disintegration of my carefully pinked edges.  It… Continue reading New footwork

You’re so kind, but no, I couldn’t attempt a self-drafted top to go along with the slippy, slide-y jammie bottoms without all the support that goes on behind the scenes.  It’s not all my own work you know.  I have had help along the way.  I mean, I’ve had a second attempt at a bodice… Continue reading I’d like to thank…

So, this sew-along malarky.  It’s my first you see, and I was thrown into a bit of a tizz by Karen’s post prompting us to cut out our pattern pieces.  Why was I thrown into a tizz you ask your self?  Well, I was still daydreaming about which fabrics I might use.  The very day… Continue reading Patriotic Pyjamas