Pajama Party Tonight!

It's time to sew again, friends, and can you guess what I'm sewing?

Pajamas!

I don't sleep in pajamas very often, but I do like them for lounging around in.  So comfy and cozy, so My Three Sons.

I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to make my pajamas out of (I'd eliminated wool crepe and taffeta), so I high-tailed it over to my favorite fabric dive, H&M on 35th St., which has been going out of business for the last two years -- how long were they in business?  And whom should I bump into there but lovely Bloggette, Tricia, of Clio & Phineas!  I wish I'd shaved.

It's always a little unsettling to see someone I know at a place like that, where shopping is more akin to dumpster diving.  Still, I buy most of my fabric there and so far nothing has spontaneously combusted -- yet.

I found some great stuff for pajamas and a few other things.  One of my all-time favorite summer fabrics, perfect for pajamas, is cotton seersucker, and I picked up three different ice creamy colors.  My pajamas are going to incorporate all three!



Right next to the seersucker was a single bolt of the most amazing gray sea island cotton (it had its original label), as soft and as smooth as silk.  I have never seen stuff like that there before.  I picked up four yards and I'm not sure what it's going to become -- perhaps a shirt.  It's a little luxurious for pajamas -- unless you're Cary Grant.



Anyway, back at home, I dug through my pattern stash and discovered I have four pajama patterns -- not exactly sure how that happened.



At first I thought I'd use the vintage Simplicity pattern on the upper right, but I don't have enough fabric for it: they were designed to reach up to your armpits, apparently.   Even with pattern adjustments, I'm still short width.
 

A 14" fly?



Anyway, I'm settling for the more contemporary shorty pajamas using the newer Simplicity pattern. I'm hoping to finish them in just one day.  Now I need to get invited to some event where I could actually wear them.



In closing, friends, what's your take on pajamas?

Do you, or someone you love, actually wear them, or are they a leftover from more modest times?

Ever been to a pajama party?  (I don't think those ever caught on in New York City.)

Happy sewing, everybody -- do the frug!