Update!: So, I may be the worst friend ever and neglected to give photo credits to Katie (sorry Katie) – nice pics, right?!

I invited my lady friends over for a “Crafty Cocktail Night” with no boys or kids even, and it was awesome! (Technically, this is not the first time I’ve done this, but this is the first time that we actually did the ‘crafty’ part instead of just focusing on the ‘cocktail’ part – which, it turns out, is way less productive.)

Anyway, this time we had cocktails for sure (and even some food :)), but we also made pajama pants! I invited nine, five came, and three made pants (plus me of course!). And three of us even came away from the evening with two whole pair of finished flannel pajama pants for kids – that is quite successful, don’t you think???

I had been wanting to do something like this forever, and after one rather unproductive (but still fun) attempt, I think we nailed it! Simplicity was the key. I had soup on the stove with all the toppings, etc. on the counter and everyone pretty much ate at their leisure (or when I strongly suggested it), holding their bowls, standing in the kitchen (because the dining table was our work surface and everyone was way too scared to eat near my favorite best new rainbow rug (what can I say? hospitality is my middle name).

I chose an easy project – kids pajama pants – and had everyone bring their own fabric and elastic (plus their cocktail of choice – stick to the plan, right?). Then, I showed everyone how to make the super simple pants – a really simple and nice example of the easy way is shown here.

And then we went crazy.

It was a wonderful feeling to have two pair of birthday gift jammie pants finished – early even! Bikes and snakes – so cute…I hope he likes them.

See all the thread debris I noticed the next morning on my rug (as I was attempting to re-hydrate), and we weren’t even sewing on the rug – proof of the fantastic sewing frenzy that took place the night before. Good times.

…and we’re planning to do it again. 🙂