Little Miss has requested a nightgown instead of Pyjamas. I discovered the Kids Grow With Me Pyjama Pattern from Ellie and Mac and was delighted to find that it was FREE.
Ellie and Mac Kids Grow With Me Pyjama Sewing Pattern
My Little Miss has been having some minor medial issues in a delicate area and her doctor recommended she switch to nighties instead of pyjamas. I’ve never actually seen little girl’s nightdresses in the shop, apart from poor quality novelty type ones which I have quite a strong objection to.
I searched for quite a while before I discovered the Kids Grow With Me Pyjama Pattern from Ellie and Mac and was delighted to find that it was FREE. A whole, entire pyjama and nightgown sewing pattern for free, for anyone, just free to download. I couldn’t quite believe it. I know a lot of sewing pattern companies give away free patterns, usually for accessories or maybe a limited size range or a very simple pattern. But Ellie and Mac’s Kids Grow With Me Pyjama Pattern isn’t one of those. It’s a complete sewing pattern.
Both the nightgown and matching pyjama sewing patterns are included. So I can still sew my Little Dude a matching pair of pyjamas. The sizes are form 6 months to 14 years so I’ll get plenty of years of use out of this pattern. There’s different options for the front bodice too. There’s a bit of colour blocking so it’s great for using up scraps of fabric.
But the best feature, the one that really made my crafty heart sing is the extendable cuffs. They make these pyjamas and nightgown “Grow With Me”. How this works is that kid’s tend to grow taller much, much faster than they grow wider. So their clothes tend to be too short for them long before they are too tight. By extending the cuffs to accommodate that extra growth you can get quite literally years of extra wear out of a garment with a Grow With Me Feature.
If I really had to nit pick a fault or negative comment about this pattern it would be the lack of a shorts and short sleeve options. But that is such a moany thing to say about a FREE pattern. And besides it’s really not hard to cut off the pants and cuffs to hack the sewing pattern into shorts and short sleeved versions.
Click on the image above to get your own FREE Kids Grow With Me Pyjama Pattern.
Sewing Up Kids Grow With Me Pyjamas
This is my first sew with a sewing pattern from Ellie and Mac. I was really impressed with how detailed the instructions were. They were super easy to follow, I’ve made quite a lot of elasticated pants and shirts by now and the cuff construction is second nature but I think even had I been completely new to this style of sewing pattern I’m sure I would have been fine.
Little Miss chose the plain colour block option for the front. I expected her to opt for the ruffle but she was insistent she didn’t want it this time. I was a bit disappointed as I was looking forward to trying a ruffle.
I went for the Grow With Me cuffs of course. Twice as much wear out of one garment – yes please.
I followed the instructions pretty much as written, with only one tiny little alteration. When I’m sewing my cuff pieces together I use a straight stitch instead of a stretch stitch on my sewing machine. Then I press the seam open. The instructions from Ellie and Mac show this seam stitched on an overlocker and pressed to one side as this seam can’t be pressed flat if sewn with an overlock stitch. Using a straight stitch and pressing the seam flat allows the cuff to lie a little flatter and significantly reduces the bulk in the cuff seam. It’s a tiny little thing that takes only a few seconds but makes a significant difference the finished garment.
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