{"id":78879,"date":"2022-04-25T06:54:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T10:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=78879"},"modified":"2022-04-24T20:02:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T00:02:41","slug":"asmitas-camp-montauk-pajama-mash-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2022\/04\/asmitas-camp-montauk-pajama-mash-up.html","title":{"rendered":"asmita&#8217;s camp + montauk pajama mash-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We&#8217;re completely charmed by these beautiful pajamas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elephantinthestudy\/\">Asmita<\/a> made using two of our patterns and this beautiful fabric. Here&#8217;s our advisor to tell you about it in her own words:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have never been much into wearing formal night wear, and thus never really dedicated any\u00a0sewing energy to making myself a fancy pajamas. This changed recently when it suddenly dawned\u00a0upon me that the elastic-waist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=013982605092625837443:lhmgrar7zuo&amp;q=https:\/\/oliverands.com\/shop\/montauk-trousers-sewing-pattern.html&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiC_q-87K33AhWLl3IEHfE_D7sQFnoECAMQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw11gfPAl_Z_sku_SZ11nD2i\">Montauk Trousers<\/a> could make very decent and\u00a0comfortable pajama pants. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=013982605092625837443:lhmgrar7zuo&amp;q=https:\/\/oliverands.com\/shop\/camp-shirt-dress-sewing-pattern.html&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjU19rG7K33AhUvrHIEHbeHBU0QFnoECAkQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw0KGR6ih9FK-PDg4ERBLS10\">Camp Shirt<\/a>, another of Liesl\u2019s patterns which I had been fiddling\u00a0with for a while, could make a top, and thus I was to have my official first-ever night suit (as we\u00a0say in India).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78884 size-full\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-5.jpg\" alt=\"DIY cotton pajamas to sew\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1713\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-5-1200x649.jpg 1200w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-5-500x714.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-5-760x1085.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-5-768x1096.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-5-1076x1536.jpg 1076w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My measurements: high bust 33\u201d, bust 34-35\u201d, waist 30&#8243;, hips 39-40\u201d, height 5\u20194\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>First, about the top. I made it in size 4A\/B making my usual modifications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2\u201d forward shoulder adjustment<\/li>\n<li>length shortened by 3\u201d (I also changed the shape of the hem curve)<\/li>\n<li>lowered bust dart by 3\/4\u201d<\/li>\n<li>reduced dart length by 1 1\/2\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78883 size-full\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-4.jpg\" alt=\"DIY cotton pajamas to sew\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1048\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-4-1200x649.jpg 1200w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-4-500x437.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-4-760x664.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-4-768x671.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The shoulder width on the Camp Shirt was still slightly wide for me, so I also\u00a0reduced the width by 3\/8\u201d. (The blog has a great <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/02\/how-to-do-a-narrow-shoulder-adjustment.html\">tutorial<\/a> for this modification).<\/p>\n<p>The sleeve however, continued to present problems, as you can see in this photo of my muslin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78886 size-full\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/camp-shirt-v.-1.jpg\" alt=\"DIY cotton pajamas to sew\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1434\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/camp-shirt-v.-1-1200x649.jpg 1200w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/camp-shirt-v.-1-500x598.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/camp-shirt-v.-1-760x908.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/camp-shirt-v.-1-768x918.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I realized I had not\u00a0accounted for my forward shoulder and thus the curve of the sleeve also needed to move\u00a0forward in the armscye. This resulted in rotating the sleeve also forward by 1\/2\u201d. (Thanks,\u00a0especially to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/madelouisville\">Lyndsey<\/a> for helping me figure this out.)<\/p>\n<p>My other additions were really simple: I added side slits for more ease and flat piping to sleeves\u00a0and pocket for a pajama top look.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78882 size-full\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-3.jpg\" alt=\"DIY cotton pajamas to sew\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-3-1200x649.jpg 1200w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-3-500x750.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-3-760x1140.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78880 size-full\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pajama sewing patterns from Liesl + Co.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-1-1200x649.jpg 1200w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-1-500x750.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-1-760x1140.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sewing the pants was complicated in different ways. I made a size 10 straight with the following\u00a0alterations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I changed the shape of the leg by straightening both inseam and outseam. The width for\u00a0these pajamas is now 1 1\/2\u201d wider than the trousers as drafted. (There&#8217;s another excellent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2021\/12\/how-to-narrow-or-widen-a-trouser-leg.html\">tutorial<\/a> on the blog for changing the width of pant legs.)<\/li>\n<li>The shape of the back rise did not suit my own shape. Liesl suggested I compare the shape of the back rise on these pants to a well-fitting pair of pants (in my case, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/shop\/hollywood-trousers-sewing-pattern.html\">Hollywood Trousers<\/a>). I did so, and changed the Montauk curve by lowering the seam line at the bottom of the\u00a0curve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78885 size-large\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-7-760x1075.jpg\" alt=\"Back pants rise fitting alteration\" width=\"760\" height=\"1075\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-7-760x1075.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-7-500x708.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-7-768x1087.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-7-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-7-1200x649.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To keep things really basic, I skipped all pockets and simply added the same flat piping to the\u00a0pants\u2019 cuffs. In case of both the sleeves and pants, I added cuffs in a way similar to one\u00a0described in Oliver + S Sleepover Pajamas.\u00a0Truth be told, I think I could still probably do a better fitting job for the pants on me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78881 size-full\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-2.jpg\" alt=\"Pajama sewing patterns from Liesl + Co.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1762\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-2-1200x649.jpg 1200w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-2-500x734.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-2-760x1116.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-2-768x1128.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-2-1046x1536.jpg 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>As I sew\u00a0more and more, I realize that I spend a lot more time thinking about fitting my upper body, and\u00a0not so much about my lower body. Making these pajama bottoms was a realization in that\u00a0direction. I know they are far from perfect, but I still love them. It also means that I am planning\u00a0now to be a better dressed person at night. The fabric is hand-blocked light cotton from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/houseofekam\">@houseofekam<\/a>. It\u2019s a tad too light for pants but will\u00a0work perfect for terribly hot summers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asmita sewed a gorgeous set of pajamas using the Camp Shirt and Montauk Trousers. She&#8217;s got fitting and alteration details in this post. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6023,"featured_media":78890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20783,20861,20822],"class_list":["post-78879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-advisors-circle","tag-camp","tag-montauk-trousers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/asmita-pjs-hero.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-kwf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75951,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/10\/sew-pajamas-with-liesl-co.html","url_meta":{"origin":78879,"position":0},"title":"sew pajamas with liesl + co.","author":"Masha Richart","date":"October 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Mire is stopping by from the Advisors Circle to show how she mixed and matched our patterns to sew pajamas. 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