serendipity, I see that you are keeping the thread going, 
your work is indeed very lovely
I started my pyjamas, traced my size and did a quick toile with old bed sheet. It was fine, top is now made, it only took a few hours. Free pattern and nice enough to make as a quick top from very little fabric, it has a facing but you could easily use bias binding. It has a button loop at the back, not needed, very easy to put on without it. Just have to subtract 1.5cm from the cb back pattern and cut that on the fold. Open the fabric fully, flip one end over for front and the other side over for the back. The most economical way to do it
Free pattern
www.theavidseamstress.co.uk/search?q=drop+shoulder
I shall be tackling the bottoms later today
I went through my wardrobe yesterday, got rid of some wearable toiles and stuff that I bought and cannot alter to fit., lands end type stuff. The toiles were well fitting and I have made notes. I wore my hand made parka again today, it was a pattern in ottobre magazine, made 2013. Loved it to bits, burgundy with a hood and a cotton lining but I admit now that it is now far too big on me. Too complicated a constuction to try and take in. It has to go
www.ottobredesign.com/retail/img/browse/2013_5/all_designs.pdf
I now know what I need to make over the next year or so. A coat for spring weather, 3 woollen winter skirts, a dressing gown for spring to summer. A cycling envigado. Some more pyjamas for next winter. The wools all came, 1.5m each, machine washed on wool wash, gorgeous soft quality. I have the bright yellow drill for my cycle vest, awaiting cones of thread,
Programme now is pj bottoms next, then dressing gown. I ordered art gallery reduced cotton jersey, pima cotton ie quality, from minerva and it was reduced. Pattern is butterick 5963 view B. I already have that pattern. It will cost me roughly half that of similar from David Nieper
I used to make clothes karmalady but now I just do these bags.
When I made clothes I never used a pattern, I copied the measurements from clothes I already had.
clever lady serendipity
I found some double gauze left over from making the too big dress. I combined both for another pair of PJs. All now cut out with not a scrap to spare. I redrafted the pants pattern, to take an inch off the rise and another bit off the leg and I copied that again, in case I lose weight in the future. Put to one side for now
I want my dining table back, I use it extended for cutting and it makes my kitchen/diner look a mess. This afternoon, I will cut the cycle vest and am really glad that I don`t have to alter the pattern. I do a forward shoulder on every pattern and a rounded back on many. Age thing!! The dressing gown fabric has not yet arrived, it can wait a bit. I am going to hunt for some reflective tape for the vest, make it safer even though it is a bright lime green
I have made two nice tops from double gauze, one was called the whisper blouse, nice to wear and very soft. I have two more lengths in my stash. I absolutely don`t recommend dg for a beginner, it is the pits to tame for sewing and is generally not opaque. It is also delicate to sew and can easily be pulled. I am not buying any more
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