All You Need Jammies - Gathered Top // Sewing For Girls
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Hi friends!
Today I'm sharing with you a quick, cute, scrap-busting project I made recently for my daughter.
I was sent this absolutely adorable Zarafa Collection Cotton Fabric {affiliate link} by Minerva, and I knew immediately it would become pajama pants for my daughter. But every cute pair of pj pants needs a cute top to go with them!
I used the Gathered Top from the All You Need Jammies pattern last year for her, and since it was a TNT pattern, I immediately thought of it for this project!
I've been trying to use up scraps and leftovers from projects as much as possible lately, so I was very pleased to pull these two french terry fabrics from the scrap pile and be able to make this cute color-blocked top that coordinates perfectly with the pants!
The pink fabric I used for the bodice and sleeves is leftover from this project HERE, and the cream fabric I used for the "skirt" is leftover from my Toaster Sweater #1, blogged HERE.
This top pattern is really adorable, I love the girly-ness the gathered skirt portion adds to the top. Having made this pattern a few times now, and in different types of knits, I've discovered the sleeves are drafted to be quite snug. In fact, I had originally cut the sleeves from the cream colored knit, which does not have a lot of stretch and the sleeves were definitely too tight! So I took them off and thankfully had enough of the pink fabric (which had a lot more stretch) left to cut them from that.
My conclusion to the snug sleeves is that it is very dependent on the type of knits that are used. Using cotton/spandex or interlock knit requires no adjustments, but fabrics with better recovery will need some adjustments to the pattern.
I've made a note to myself and will widen the sleeves according to the fabric I choose. The pattern includes a ton of options for different pajama tops and bottoms, so you can mix and match to create a combo for both boys and girls! However, all the tops have the same sleeve pattern piece, so it's a change I'll need to make universally for my kids.
The pants pattern is the same pattern I used for my Sew Family Jammies project (blogged HERE), and the blog post with all of the details about them and the fabric will be able to be found on Minerva in a few months. I'll be sure to let you know on my IG (@heidi_handmadefrenzy) when it goes live, so feel free to follow me there if you don't already so you don't miss it!
