I ran across a free pattern last week of the cutest bloomers.  And not for kids!  I wouldn’t necessarily wear them under a dress but I suppose you could   I consider them just fun pajama shorts.

Years ago I bought a ton of this blue and white striped shirting material on clearance.  It’s been great to use when testing out patterns I’m unsure of.  In the sewing world it’s called “making a muslin” {ie a test run}.

In this case, it turned out to be a wearable muslin.  BONUS   I like how these turned out a lot.  However, I will make an adjustment next time I make these.  Yes ma’am there will be a next time.  Because, HELLO, how cute are these?! 

Ok, where was I?  Oh yeah, adjustment.  I am a huge fan of low rise bottoms.  Like, a HUGE fan, primarily because I’m a tad bit short waisted and it just flatters me better than an average rise does.  But these are a lil lower than I’m comfortable with.  It hasn’t stopped me from wearing them though because I wore them to bed last night and they were surprisingly very comfortable.  Next time though, I’ll add a bit to the top of the waist.

My favorite part is the little bows, so cute!

I’ve always steered clear of button holes because I never quite get them right, even though my machine does most of the work.  I just can’t ever get it lined up correctly and they are always a bit off from my markings when I’m finished.  But I decided to press on and despite a lil wonkiness, I was able to adjust things so it wasn’t that noticeable. 

However, an alternative to the ribbon/buttonhole option would be to just sew a channel for elastic and stitch a ribbon bow to the front of the legs to look like  the above.  I might try that next time, but I’m glad I got out of my comfort zone and tried the buttonholes first.

So what do you think of these bloomies?  Would you wear these?