Such Treasures

I bought 10 yards of soft black t-shirt knit off ebay last week. Including shipping, it turned out to be about $3 per yard. I paid too much for shipping, in my opinion. I contacted the seller today to question why the charges were so high (which I should have asked before) and she gave me a $7 credit toward my next purchase.

The fabric arrived on Saturday. It is just exactly what I had in mind. Yesterday when my friend was over to sew, I used the fabric to make myself one pair of pajama pants. I shouldn’t call them pajama pants, though, as I mean to wear them for comfy pants whenever, even to town. So I think I should make a couple of pairs of them.

I used the pants pattern I worked on during the summer, when I made myself several pairs of black linen-blend pants. At that time and using the same pattern, I went on to make shorts in black and blue linen-blend, too. I intended to work with knit at that time, but that project got shelved and I didn’t get back to it until yesterday.

At first, I thought that I would have to remove ease from this pattern to make it work with the knit, but the fit is just perfect without modification. The pair I made yesterday fit great and I’m really happy with them. They feel and look to me like yoga pants — straight legged and long.

Now that school is done for the day, I am about to make myself 2 or 3 more pairs. I will do double or triple coverstitching in white thread on some of them.

I am definitely a cookie-cutter seamstress and dresser. If something works, I will make it and wear it over and over and over… What type of dresser are you?

After that, but not today, I will try to perfect a long-sleeve t-shirt pattern for myself. If I can then convert that into a raglan-sleeve t-shirt pattern, I will use two  t-shirts from thrift stores as the fabric to make those t-shirts.