{"id":33618,"date":"2013-11-14T09:42:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T14:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=33618"},"modified":"2013-11-14T09:43:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T14:43:42","slug":"new-pajamas-send-me-into-the-sewing-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/new-pajamas-send-me-into-the-sewing-room\/","title":{"rendered":"New pajamas send me into the sewing room"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pajamas\"<\/a>I’m in the midst of final layout for the December magazine<\/a>. Final layout\u00a0is 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! \u00a0On 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.\u00a0 Pajama bottoms are no different. Clothes are designed to fit a variety of body shapes and heights. \u00a0The 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. \u00a0Using 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.\u00a0I tried them on and they fit perfect. Being tall, I needed that extra four inches! \u00a0I 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. \u00a0Having done it all my life, I knew it’d be a quick fix. \u00a0It took me about an hour. \u00a0\u00a0As Hilda Charlton said, “Take what you have and make what you want.”<\/p>\n

I spend the afternoon in sewing heaven<\/a>
\nClothes shopping always leads me to sewing<\/a><\/p>\n

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