Pajama Pants

Such a funny thing....several years ago 

(like maybe 2 or 3) 

I told my friend Marilyn...

flannel pajama pants will be my legacy to my children.

  They will be cleaning out stuff

 (which they haven't yet burned)

 and discover a little pile of pajama pants.

  Pajamas tucked here and there which I made because I had to and then hadn't gotten around to giving them yet.

I had been pulling out flannel for a project 

every piece was just a bit too  small, yet

too big to throw away.

She laughed

 and we giggled

 and that silly thought

 has been niggling about in my brain...

Pajama pants.

  For birthdays this year I made Pajama Pants,

 for everyone

 (I still have a few to make),

 but I pulled out flannels,

which I already had and made Pajama Pants.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

Some of the pajamas I knew would not be favorites,

 but they made me smile as I made them

 as well as have caused the occasional giggle every now and then...

  Some I fretted over

 and worried 

Just for Tia

and others I just made!

Well the other day I had/have a special order for 4 gowns which need a bit larger piece of flannel for each.  I was determined to find the flannel

which would be perfect, of course,

 in my flannel stash...I have an entire box full of flannels for the holidays.

  I knew there would be

 just what I needed in there  and

I remembered an extra large piece with snowflakes...

I got down on the floor

 (does not happen very often

and dug through this holiday flannel box.

  As I was digging I would pull out a piece,

 perfect..

Then I would open it up

 to discover it was not nearly as big as I needed it to be.

  Frustrating would be the most applicable word right about now.

Then, I started giggling

 as I thought of all of the pajama pants

 I could make out of these bits and pieces of flannel.

  Not big enough for a gown or a pajama set,

 not the right type of print for an accent piece or a way cute sleeve?

 Done,

into the pajama pant pile it went.

  I then took the pile to the big table, and

 cut out 14 pairs of pajama pants.

Most of them are a size 2 to 3, I do have a bunch of 1's, and there is not too many 4's or 5's and definitely no 6's.

  The scraps were tossed except for the pieces which I cut 2 1/2 inches wide for a Christmas Quilt which

 is swirling around in my mind.

My box is no longer overflowing,

 I have a stack of flannels cut and ready (of course, I will need tons more) and pajama pants have been made.

Does anyone remember these?

The funny thing is,

 while I was digging and  looking

I ran across a couple of pairs of pajama pants already made... 

and then I found a couple more which were almost finished.

   Smiles and giggles and

 a secret bit of joy...

I wonder if my kids would like fun pajama pants again this year?