Star Wars Pajamas

One day I read on a blog that JoAnn’s fabric had Star Wars fabric.  I’ve been looking for it for awhile now, since my 5 year old loves Star Wars.  So I decided to go to JoAnn’s and check it out.  I went in that day, so I had to take my kids.  I would have saved money had I gone alone… sometimes I just can’t say no.  

We found the Star Wars fabric and my son got sooooo excited.  I got excited too, but then I saw the price of it: $10/yard!   I’m really trying hard not to spend money right now and just use what I have.  I spent an hour and half in the store, trying to make a decision.  I wanted to get it but I didn’t want to spend the money.  JoAnn’s is about 20 minutes away and I don’t get there very often. Then I learned that you can use other stores’ coupons, and it happened that Hobby Lobby had the 40% coupon.  So I got the fabric for $6/yard, not too horrible.  If I’m going to spend that much money on fabric, I had to make him something practical, something that he needs.  So I went with pjs.  And really $6 for a pair pajamas isn’t that bad, right?  

This is how I made it:

1) I got 1 yard of the fabric.  It was flannel, nice and soft 🙂

2) Using another pair of pajamas, I used them for my pattern.  I folded the fabric and put the straight part of the pants onto the fold.  I cut out two pieces.

3) I put the two pieces together and sewed the crotch.  Then I sewed the legs.  I don’t know why I didn’t take more pictures…. sorry.  For a more detailed tutorial, go here.  

4) For the shirt, I used my CAMEO and cut words out of the fabric.  I then ironed it onto the shirt.  

5) Then I sewed the words onto the shirt.  

And now I have a very happy boy!!!