Lisette B6296 and Sweet Dreams pajamas for Elsa and Izzie, Christmas 2024

 

How beautiful are these two girlies?

Elsa has started a sweet tradition of having her photo taken by our Christmas tree with her latest 'baby'. This year she had a real baby to pose with. Matching pjs were required!

My goto pj pattern for ladies is B6296 with a few adjustments for our family ie, shorten leg and remove some shoulder width.

I have made them a few times 

For Miss Iz Biz I had a wee google and came up with this pattern as per her chest measurement I went with the 6 months size.

Look at that tiny wee pocket!

I sewed the baby pjs as I sewed Elsa's so I omitted the back neck facing and used the same method to attach the collar as the Lisette pattern. (Hiding the seam inside the collar)

The piping was fiddly, I am not going to lie to you.

I went with the shortie versions of both bottoms and added elastic to the legs of Izzie's to create bloomers.

I worked all day and got them finished at midnight, just in time!

Elsa purchased the fabric from Spotlight. The piping is from my stash, I purchased a bulk lot a few years back from eBay. The buttons Elsa chose also from my stash, a mushroom pink plastic, hard wearing and subtle.

The photo shoot was a little more chaotic this year, who said never work with animals or children?

Because they will steal the show!

In conclusion, as always, I love the Lisette pj pattern. The Peekaboo pattern company is new to me but I like the drafting. There was not a sleeve cuff so I drafted one myself but that was pretty easy. 

I always use my method of hiding the cuff seam, neater all round and it makes me happy!

The baby pjs cuff was bonkers to sew, it was so tiny!

I wonder how many pairs I will be sewing next year?

Thank you for reading xx Nicole