Five and Counting....: A Bed Time Story for the Twins

Time for another little gush about oliver+S patterns http://www.oliverands.com/patterns/. I have sewn a lot of different brand of patterns. I own over 500 (many handed on to me). But I simply adore these ones!
My children are pretty canny, they have worked out very quickly,if they want a new outfit, to wave an O+S pattern under my nose and they are one step up the sewing ladder.

The girls all need new pajama's (or japama's as Small One words it), so Bed Time Story x 9 here we come!
3 for the twins as their last pair still fit, and 3 each for Small and Little One. 1 in the drawer , 1 in the wash and 1 on!( And yes I can count the Twins will be a pair short but no one , not even me , wants to sew 10 pairs of pajama's, no matter how cute they are)!

I finished up the Twins this afternoon. I made them from some beautiful Amy Butler LOVE flannelette. When I purchased it I was anticipating wool fabric, as it was listed as flannel, so I was planning Sunday Brunch jackets and skirts. However it being such gorgeous fabric I was not disappointed for long.

They are such a smart looking set and by replacing the ties with ribbon they were quicker to make AND I think the ribbon ties will stay done up better.

I had the same problem with attaching the neckband as I had previously....I think I may have marked the 'clip to' dots incorrectly. After stitching the neck band I am left with a little gap in my shoulder seam, so I had a fiddle and came up with this solution.

The dreaded gap!

I stitched over the gap with a wide zigzag using a small stitch length catching both edges neatly together.

Zigzag stitching

I then trimmed away the seam excess trimming up to but not cutting the neckband.

The finished inside shoulder seam

Finally I folded the edges of the seam allowance back under to make a neat 'arrow', stitching this in place. I followed the pattern for attaching the neckband after this detour.

And here they are...