I’m in the midst of final layout for the December magazine. Final layout is a week of 16+ hour days at the computer, so I welcome little breaks when I can get them. Yesterday I took a sewing break!  On the way home from the post office and bank, I decided to run into Kohl’s and buy some new pajamas. Being tall and long waisted, I seldom get a great fit in pants without some tailoring.  Pajama bottoms are no different. Clothes are designed to fit a variety of body shapes and heights.  The waistband sat at my hipbones, a little low for me, but do-able. I came home and cut four inches off the hem of each leg, then sewed them together for one long strip 4″ wide.  Using a seam ripper, I cut open the waistband and sewed it flat. Exposing the elastic in the waistband gave me an extra four inches longer in the rise/the waist, exactly where I needed it. I tried them on and they fit perfect. Being tall, I needed that extra four inches!  I used the long strip cut from the pant legs to finish the waistband by covering the exposed elastic. Wasn’t that a lot of work to do on a $20 pair of pjs? No. I’m used to it.  Having done it all my life, I knew it’d be a quick fix.  It took me about an hour.   As Hilda Charlton said, “Take what you have and make what you want.”

I spend the afternoon in sewing heaven
Clothes shopping always leads me to sewing