Four, one-yard cuts of flannel (two bought on clearance for $2/yard, the others bought on a 50% off sale for $5/yard).

Four-ish yards of elastic.

Eight pairs of pajama pants. (Two pairs of pants from each yard of fabric.)

Six pairs of pants were cut and sewn today over the course of about two hours total. The other two were done a few weeks ago in a moment of desperation when all of his pajamas were in the washer.

I love pajama pants!

I tried something new with these pants: I attached the elastic at the top so that it would peek out the top, rather than inserting the elastic into a casing. It let me save an inch of fabric that would otherwise have been lost to the casing (after finding that G’s legs were a little longer than I realized!). And I must admit, I kind of love the look! My favorites are the space print and the dinosaur print. The robot print is from a pair I made for G last year, but I had triple-hemmed them, with the intent of letting them out as needed. Well…letting them out was definitely needed this month!

And now for my favorite part – the photos (click on each for a larger view).