Sewing Sunsets

It seems that the holidays come faster and faster these days and it’s hard to get ready in time.  Many seamstresses enjoy sewing gifts for family and friends and pajama pants are always popular and are quite easy and fun to sew.

I believe that I showed you an easy method for taming that pesky crotch seam.   All that is left to do at this point is to sew the waistline casing, insert the elastic, and hem the pants. 

One thing that I forgot to mention about sewing the crotch seam is this:  when you put the two pants legs together, make sure you have backs to backs and fronts to fronts.  This is where those notches are important.  Because I often serge off the notches, I usually mark the back legs and front legs with pins so that I know which is which. Some seamstresses also place different colored stick dots on each leg, or use some other method to make sure they can tell the difference between the front and the back.

Once the crotch seam has been sewn, and the seams pressed open, baste down each side of the seams.  This will help the elastic to glide through the casing more easily.  To sew a casing, simply press the waistline down about 1-1/4 inches.  I like to pin in order to prevent shifting while I’m sewing.  Be sure to leave a space to insert the elastic.  When I sew a casing, I also like to place my sewing machine needle all the way to the left, and then place the presser foot on the finished edge of the casing.

I like to press the casing before sewing because it makes it easier to sew.

The next step is to insert the elastic into this casing, adjust it, and sew the casing closed and hem the pj pants.  I’ll mention that in my next post and then I’ll move on to another sewing project.  Hopefully, my camera will cooperate.

A detailed tutorial (with pictures) can be found at www.sewseamless.com/Page36.html

Happy Sewing!

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