Hello Readers. What can you do with a flannel pajamas shirt besides wearing them as pajamas? I loved the plaid flannel. It was soft and cozy but it was pajamas, I couldn't wear pajamas out in the world. I was inspired to put 2 different items together in big block pieces. Read on and I will show you what I mean.
Before and after.
The flannel shirt had red piping along the edges. It was clearly a pajama shirt, I couldn't pretend otherwise. I loved the flannel and the sleeves did not look like pajamas to me.
This red shirt was on clearance for $1. I am a serious cheapskate but even I can afford a dollar.
The plaid shirt got cut into 3 pieces. This will make more sense when I put it all back together but this was my first step.
I wanted to put the middle of the red shirt together with the 2 plaid side pieces. That way the red piping and collar would be replaced by the red shirt. I thought it wouldn't look like pajamas anymore. I would sew the cut pieces together with the right sides facing each other. This will be easy to do because it is just 2 straight seams.
I used my serger to sew this but you could also use a sewing machine to do it. The flannel doesn't have any stretch so it would be easy to stitch with a straight stitch (To connect the seam.) and/or a zigzag stitch (To keep the seam neat inside the shirt.).
I really liked the plaid sides with the solid red center in this shirt.
I thought I could put the other pieces together and I was right. The red piping really makes this look like pajamas to me. I can wear this as pajamas. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.
P.S.
My son and I were matching in red and black and he thought we should take a photo together. Of course, I agreed.
***Year End Update- I still like this combo of fabrics. And my son is still trying to get in pictures.
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