A cozy home is not only a thoughtful design, beautiful furnishings, comfortable furniture, but also a comfortable state of health, an opportunity to restore strength and health. Home clothes help ensure these conditions. From a variety of options for suits for home and sleep, everyone can choose the most suitable one. One of the most popular items of clothing for the home has become pajama shorts, which you can sew yourself.
Making your own pajama shorts
Creating something new for yourself or your loved ones will require minimal skills and effort.
What tools will you need?
During the work you will need:
- sewing machine;
- suitable fabric;
- scissors;
- threads for sewing and basting;
- sewing needle or pins (for preliminary basting);
- centimeter;
- ruler;
- chalk;
- rubber;
- finishing materials (piping, braid, lace).
Choosing the right material
Pajama shorts will be truly comfortable and comfortable if you sew them from soft fabrics. In this case, they will not fetter or limit movements.
Fabrics made from cotton fibers and knitwear are suitable for this work; you can also use silk, satin fabrics, etc.
Preparing the pattern
An important preliminary stage is preparing the pattern. We find the required diagram on the Internet.
The easiest way to do this is to use any search engine or website for needlewomen. The diagram of the required size must be transferred to paper. The pattern of pajama shorts is very simple; you can draw outlines on paper similar to those found on the Internet yourself.
Important! Pay attention to the pattern. It can be unfolded (left and right parts of the product) or representing 1/2 of each part with a fold. In this case, the fold on the fabric must be aligned with the part of the pattern that has a fold mark.
We sew pajama shorts
Having prepared everything you need, you can start working. We start by cutting out the necessary elements.
How to cut pajama shorts correctly
- Lay out the fabric for cutting.
- When the pattern is unfolded, the fabric is folded in half so that the wrong side is on top, and both front panels become internal.
- When making a pattern depicting 1/2 parts, the material is folded, connecting the sides of the fabric. In this case, there should be a fold on one side.
Important! Before working with the material, it should be moistened or rinsed, ironed with a hot iron, and dried under natural conditions.
- The paper pattern is placed on the fabric and traced. At the top, add 2 cm to the fold for the belt. An additional 1 - 1.5 cm is also added on each side for seam allowances.
- Having outlined the contours of the future shorts with chalk, cut out their left and right parts.
Advice! Additionally, you can cut out the finishing part - cuffs. They are cut according to the length and direction of the bottom cut of the shorts.Cuff width – 5-6 cm, seam allowance – 1 cm.
How to sew pajama shorts
The next stage is connecting the cut parts. There are a few steps left until you receive the finished product. When performing each stage, the material is first basted by hand, then the seam is checked for correctness and machine stitching is performed.
Work order:
- Step 1: connecting the instep seams on the right and left sides of the product.
- Step 2: perform a middle seam on each part of the product (front and back).
Advice! Each connecting seam must be smoothed out, and then the cuts must be processed. This will improve the quality of the finished product.
- Step 3: fold the fabric on the belt, insert an elastic band, sew the belt.
- Step 4: process the lower cut.
You can simply roll it up and hem it, you can sew on a cuff.
How to decorate pajama shorts
Sewn pajama shorts can be further decorated. Decoration options:
- Instead of a hem, you can trim the bottom edge with finishing braid. It is folded in half (widthwise), the lower cut of the trouser legs is inserted between the finishing braid, and secured with machine stitching.
- After the hem is stitched, a lace ribbon is sewn to the bottom edge. The lace can be sewn at the bottom, matching it with the bottom edge. You can also sew on a lace ribbon so that it becomes an extension of the fabric.
- Decorative braid, cord or lace is sewn at a distance of 1.5 - 2 cm from the bottom edge of the shorts.
- The finishing material is placed between the fabric of the shorts and the cuff.
To do this, first sew the edges of the cuff and finish on one side. Then turn the shorts inside out and place the cuff right side out on the wrong side of the pant leg. The decorative element (ribbon, cord, braid) should not coincide with the lower part of the trouser leg.
The cuff is stitched from the bottom, then turned right side out, placed on the trouser leg and stitched.
Pajama shorts are ready. Having completed the work once, the girls advise their friends not to waste time looking for comfortable pajama shorts. After all, sewing them takes a couple of hours, which provides pleasure for a long time.
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