Pajama Pants Introduction Take out your Pajama Pants Packages and open them up…be careful not to lose any pieces! Keep them safe in your totes

Haan Craft Layout and Cutting Directions Manual 1)Choose your size Before you make any cutting of the pattern, if you are still unsure you can measure your hips and side length of your legs. Demo of hip and leg measurements

Haan Craft Layout and Cutting Directions Manual #2) Understanding Pattern Symbols – Notches – Pocket placement – Grainline Arrow – Place on Fold – Shorten or lengthen here:

Haan Craft Layout and Cutting Directions Manual #3) Length Adjustments To shorten, you would fold the pattern at the adjustment lines however many inches you need to shorten by. To lengthen, you need to cut on those adjustment lines and add paper in- between. ***In both cases you need to adjust the pattern size lines to now match the adjustments!!***

Haan Craft Layout and Cutting Directions Manual #4) Preparing the Fabric Match the selvage edges… What are the selvage edges again?! If you find the edges are all not lining up, you can pull on the diagonals and stretch the fabric back on the grainline. Fabric stretches on the bias, which is the diagonals.

Haan Craft Layout and Cutting Directions Manual #5) Layout The fabric should be folded so it is longer than it is wider. Notice the word “fold” and “selvage”, use this picture as a guide when your setting up your fabric! Just LAY the pattern out, don’t pin until it is on the grainline… which I will demo next…

Haan Craft Layout and Cutting Directions Manual #6 and 7) Cutting and Marking Cut along the size lines you highlighted on the OUTSIDE of the black lines. Your marking the black side of the pattern NOT the red. Red=STOP The only marking needed is for the back pocket, mark this with a tracing wheel and tracing paper before removing the pattern.

Grainline Demo! The grainline runs LENGTHWISE on the fabric, PARALLEL to the selvage You have to measure from the grainline to the edge of the fabric…all the way down the grainline, from top to bottom. It needs to measure the same distance the whole way! Pin grainline first as you measure, and then pin the rest of the pattern piece down. If the pattern is not on the grainline…it can stretch awkwardly when sewn and the pattern of the fabric will not match nicely! ***Grainline is all about accurate fit/drape to the body and matching fabric patterns***

Pinning Demo Match front to back…you will label an F and B on each piece. The pattern pieces say “Front” and “Back” but you eventually take the patterns off so you need to be able to distinguish them. Pin NOTCHES FIRST! Then pin the top, bottom, and middle. Fill pins in-between last. Pin heads face OUT

Directions Checklist and Rubric Let’s go through the directions and rubric briefly You will turn both these in at the end so hold on to them. You will use the directions/checklist the ENTIRE time, checking off as you go and turning it in for points at the end of the project