Can I start by saying how excited I am for this Holiday Blog Tour?! I've been waiting for this one for months... Of course, that could be because I bought this fabric through a Destash back in July. I found these panels to be an off size --> very tall and skinny. I took a photo before cutting out and it looks like they were approx 13" wide by 22" long. When I saw how skinny they were, I new the absolute best pattern to use would be the Perfect Panel Tee by Winterwear Designs. I tested this pattern back when it was released and my kiddo still wears the top although a year and a half later, it is getting a little small...
For the Elsa and Monster's Inc tops (made for 3 and 6 year old girls) I made the A-Line back and extended the entire tops by approx 2 inches to make them closer to a tunic length. I also used the cut line for curved front yoke to colour block and make best use of the panel for image placement. I absolutely love that the colour blocking is all built into the pattern.
For the Spiderman top (made for a 6 year old boy) I made the regular back, regular width. In retrospect, I probably could have cut on the slim line given this will be for PJ's but I'm digging the look of this one. I also used the front yoke for panel placement and to help with the matchiness of the three tops.
These tops are fully intended to be worn as PJ's. I've cut out Solid PJ bottoms in each of the three solid colours but wasn't able to get them finished prior to this post. Luckily, I've still got a month until Christmas, so there's still time to get them finished. I slightly modified
Suzanne's free PJ pants pattern from last year's 12 days of Christmas and will post a photo once they are complete.
I'm super excited for the kiddos to open these PJ's a few days before Christmas. I sure hope they'll be as excited as I am. Check out the Patterns at
Winterwear Designs and don't forget to check back to
Suzanne's blog for the 12 Days of Christmas coming Dec 2-Dec 14th!
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Don't miss out on any stops along the tour:
November 25
Suzanne of Winter Wear Designs
November 26
November 27
November 28
November 29
Very cute idea
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