Thanks again for your warm welcome for Finn - I will be printing off all of the comments on the Mother's Day post and tucking them into some as-yet-unmade memory box for him. I'm sure he will read them one day and treasure them as much as Patrick and I do.
Or, the alternate title: "First postpartum sewing project, brought to you by the good folks called Grandparents. Always willing to hold the baby, no questions asked."
The pattern: PJ Pants for Everyone in Weekend Sewing .
. The fabric: Liberty of London cotton lawn, leftover stash fabric from one of the book projects.
The pattern is so simple, but the results are divine, especially if you are a new mama with a changing waistline and a penchant for lounging about with a baby in arms, smiling at every crinkle of his nose. How wonderful is it to know that, with the flip of a seam ripper and a flash of a sewing needle, the elastic can be taken in effortlessly to adjust the fit as the empty baby house goes through its own remodels (downsizing, perhaps, from a mansion-esque residence to a more humble studio apartment?) My one tip is this: if you can't find the perfectly-worn, soft vintage sheet for these pajamas, go ahead and splurge on some Liberty. It's ridiculously comfortable and ridiculously pretty. And having a pair of luxurious, hand sewn pajama pants is such a pleasure - akin to the joy of wearing hand-knit socks. No one knows but you, and that's just fine.
Back to the baby nose kissing.
