The boys should never leave us to pick out the fabric

for the Christmas pajama pants!

Superman asked me to make pajama pants for the family again this year, so Buttercup and I headed out to Hancock Fabrics to find some appropriate flannel for the project.  Valiant came along, but under duress.

Six pairs of pajama pants for tall people = 18 yards of flannel

We quickly decided against plaid...too boring.  Then we rejected the light-weight Christmas cottons..."not versatile enough," we thought.  Then we found this lovely cat-print flannel and thought to ourselves, "oh, we couldn't do that to them, could we?"  Valiant unwittingly sealed the deal when he said, "Oh, man, I'd love to see Dad and Charming in those...they'll kill you."     Now, you might not know, as it is a little known fact, that the Nagle women cannot seem to resist a dare.  Truly...I think we biologically incapable.  Once Valiant through down the gauntlet, the deal was sealed. 

Purple background for the girls/blue for the boys!

Fortunately, between four bolts of fabric, we were able to get enough fabric to make five pairs for pajama pants...hey, when three of the five are well over six feet tall, we're talking a lot of yardage.  The girls ended up with purple with cats, while the boys got navy with cats.  Hey!  At least we didn't give them purple!

This button goes in front!

I even when one step further and added this oh-so-cool button to distinguish the front from the back.  (Kind, right?) 

The bunny print?  Buttercup couldn't resist it.

Oh, and the girl found herself drawn to this bunny print, too, so I actually made six pairs of pajama pants.  (Now I just have to personalize the coordinating shirts!)

Do You Want to See My New Nightgown?

Yeah, I knew you did.  That tantalizing glimpse of the flannel I gave you yesterday only whetted your interest, didn't it?  Oh, did you notice that the fabric was busy enough that it will hide spots (not that I ever get spots on my clothes...ever).

Well, here it is:

Isn't it pretty?  I just love it.  It is long enough and it is girly enough and it is NOT plaid and it IS flannel, so it will be warm.  (Can you tell I'm tall?...I had to hang it in a doorway so I could get the whole nightgown in the picture.)

I added this eyelet to the sleeves and the hem.

I didn't add the eyelet to the neck because I don't like a bunch of stuff at my neck when I'm sleeping.

 I couldn't find a nightgown pattern that I liked.  They all had busy bodices with buttons and lace and panels (which means seams across your chest).  I did, however, find this Halloween costume.  I ended up using McCall's M2337.

 Look at the black pilgrim dress and the blue prairie dress.  I added the elastic and lace to the sleeves the way the "B" view shows, but I kept the neckline and bottom simple, the way the "A" view illustrates.  Since I didn't add the ruffled band at the bottom of the dress, I went ahead and added eyelet at the very bottom of the gown.  The pattern is super easy to use and easy to assemble, but I didn't follow the instructions.   (I never like the order they want you to put your pattern pieces together...it seems backwards to me.)