Newbie with a question

Hello all. Brand new poster here, and almost brand new to sewing,
except for high school home ec which was a little while ago I just
made a pair of one-piece PJ's for a friend of mine, and they are too
short-waisted for him so they ride in uncomfortable places... what is
the easiest way to fix this? I have lots of material left over to put
in an extra piece in the crotch but I'm not sure what shape, etc. to
make it. The PJ's have the two front and back panels which are each
once piece from feet to collar, if that makes sense. If it matters,
the pattern is McCall's 3860. Any advice is welcome! Thanks.

Natasha

On 19 Sep 2004 15:23:46 -0700, (Natasha) wrote:

Hello all. Brand new poster here, and almost brand new to sewing,
except for high school home ec which was a little while ago I just
made a pair of one-piece PJ's for a friend of mine, and they are too
short-waisted for him so they ride in uncomfortable places... what is
the easiest way to fix this? I have lots of material left over to put
in an extra piece in the crotch but I'm not sure what shape, etc. to
make it. The PJ's have the two front and back panels which are each
once piece from feet to collar, if that makes sense. If it matters,
the pattern is McCall's 3860. Any advice is welcome! Thanks.

Natasha

You need to add material at the top, not at the crotch, to solve a
short waisted problem. Remove the waist band, add fabric, put waist
band back on.

If they are not short waisted, but are binding up at the crotch while
fitting correctly everywhere else, you would want to put in a square
at the center crotch seam to give him a comfort zone. Two of the
points of the square would need to be pointing straight down the
inseam, with the other two pointing forward and back. Some sweat
pants and most marshal arts pants are made that way to give extra room
in the pants for performing high kicks and such.

Debra in VA

Welcome!
Unfortunately, the best way to have dealt with this would have been to cut
the pattern pieces in half, spread them apart a couple of inches and cut the
front/back pieces out longer in the beginning. You would have needed to add
one more button to the front, but that's not a big problem.
Now, let's see...you may be able to get an extra inch of comfort (which
could make all the difference in the world) by resewing the shoulder seams
and the crotch seam with a next-to-nothing amount of seam allowance. That
will release fabric into the front and back where it counts.
If that doesn't relieve the wedgie....then I would consider adding a bit of
fabric in the crotch (imagine an eye shaped piece) starting about 2 or 3
inches on either side of the center front/back seam into the inner leg
seams. I'm having trouble putting it into words but I can picture it in my
head perfectly; sorry.
Good luck!

"Natasha" wrote in message
om...
Hello all. Brand new poster here, and almost brand new to sewing,
except for high school home ec which was a little while ago I just
made a pair of one-piece PJ's for a friend of mine, and they are too
short-waisted for him so they ride in uncomfortable places... what is
the easiest way to fix this? I have lots of material left over to put
in an extra piece in the crotch but I'm not sure what shape, etc. to
make it. The PJ's have the two front and back panels which are each
once piece from feet to collar, if that makes sense. If it matters,
the pattern is McCall's 3860. Any advice is welcome! Thanks.

Natasha

Were you able to fix the pajamas?

"Natasha" wrote in message
om...
Hello all. Brand new poster here, and almost brand new to sewing,
except for high school home ec which was a little while ago I just
made a pair of one-piece PJ's for a friend of mine, and they are too
short-waisted for him so they ride in uncomfortable places... what is
the easiest way to fix this? I have lots of material left over to put
in an extra piece in the crotch but I'm not sure what shape, etc. to
make it. The PJ's have the two front and back panels which are each
once piece from feet to collar, if that makes sense. If it matters,
the pattern is McCall's 3860. Any advice is welcome! Thanks.

Natasha