So I finished my Capri pajamas about a week ago but have had no time (school) to post the results!

As you can probably tell from the picture I was very excited! I think they turned out well for a first project.

I was able to go ahead and use the fabric I had originally bought to use with this. I am considerably shorter than the person that the pant was made for, but that is OK since I was making Capri's anyways. After wearing these around the house for a week or so, I realized I won't be making drawstring pants again! It takes a bit of work to get the drawstring undone.

I think this pattern was an excellent beginner pattern because the directions weren't' too difficult to grasp. I did make a few mistakes on my muslin, but I learned from them. Basically it was a good thing to learn to begin to sew.

I can't remember if I already mentioned this or not, but I did make a few modifications after completing the muslin.

• I shortened the top by 1.5 inches although now I wish I would have taken another .5 an inch off
• I also took 13.75 inches off of the bottom to make capri's
• And added 1 inch to the drawstring to make it longer

All in all I am very happy with the outcome of these pajama pants, I'm wearing them now as I write this!

Next up is Burda Young Fashion 8176 Skirt!

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My name is Ariane (hence the title of the blog). I just got this for Christmas!!!

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As one of my first projects I chose McCall's 5284 set of pajamas. Except I chose to alter them to make carpi's because I wanted to make them more of lounge pants.

So here is my muslin version

This is what they look like of course they are too long, and the top part around the waist is too long so I plan to shorten this by a couple of inches.

Here is what I plan to make the carpi's look like:

The fabric in the background was suppose to be the material these were to be made from but it came up a little to short so I went to Joann's and luckily found a very cute fabric on clearance and then was another 50% off. So I will hopefully cut these out this weekend. It is suppose to be yucky all weekend and be a perfect time to work on these.