Peppermint Samford Set Summer Pyjamas

Sep 8

Sep 8 Peppermint Samford Set Summer Pyjamas

I ordered this fabric with the intention of making a Sew Liberated Ember dress with it, but when it arrived it was so full on summery that I started thinking using it for a long sleeve dress wouldn't make sense. I did think this lovely floaty lawn would be perfect for some summer pyjamas though, so I changed my plans to the Peppermint Samford Set, drafted by Sew to Grow for Peppermint magazine

I made this in two bits starting with the top, which I'd not made before. It's a nice boxy, slightly cropped button up shirt with a camp collar. It's quite loosely fitting, and in this lawn for me the feel is definitely pyjamas, but sized down one in an ever so slightly substantial fabric, this would definitely work as a daytime shirt. It actually uses fairly minimal fabric, it says 1.5 metres, but I'm pretty sure less than that.

The trousers I've made twice before, once in a double gauze and once in a check flannel. I use both of these as pyjama bottoms, though I think they would work as outdoor ones too.

I made the size G according to my measurements. I didn't do any adjustments to the top, but did a full seat adjustment on the trousers as usual and also shortened them by 10 cms. They are *extremely* long as drafted. I reckon it I were ever to make them as proper trousers, I would shorten them even more, maybe fully cropped actually. They are very wide so it's a lot of fabric swishing around your ankles. I also ommitted the drawstring, because I don’t see the point of that if there is also elastic, and topstitched the elsatic down instead.

I didn't follow instructions for the trousers, because elasticated waist trousers are my comfort zone, but I did for the shirt and they are good quality, no complaints. One thing I woukld say though is that this overestimates the amount of fabric wildly. The patterns calls for 4.3 metres, I had 4.1, but I have at least 50 full cms left over. I did shorten the trousers I guess, but still!