I haven’t done a ton of impulse-buying fabric this year. Oh sure, there was my Sewing Summit haul, and a few other random purchases. But I really have been trying to use my stash this year, and most of my purchases were made with a specific purpose.
And then, one morning, I got an email from zulily. What was one of the specials of the day? Munki Munki pajamas. With barely a thought, I snatched some up.
There were some flannel pants with green gnomes that are so delicious they’ve gone straight to my pajama drawer. But as for the rest, I am conflicted. Do I wear them, in their soft and comfy glory, proud fabric geek that I am? Or do I pull out my seam ripper and put them into my fabric stash?
My husband just looks at me and shakes his head. “You bought pajamas just to rip them apart for the fabric? Seriously?” Yes. Seriously.
For the record, they’re all XL (ahem, it’s my size, whatever). The top two (buses and pink gnomes) are spaghetti-strap nightgowns, which are really not my style, anyways. The fish in bags are pajama pants. And I do technically already have some of those fish in my stash…
Fabric fiends friends, what would you do?
Wear them until you are inspired to use them in a project. Think of your pajama drawer as an extension of your stash.
I have all of that – not in pj form, but from a friend who bought them at Marshall’s and generously shared with me! I say cut them up for some ab fab mini quilts!!!
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I bought the VB buses from the same email! I never had the intention of wearing the PJs (mine are also an XL), but haven’t ripped them apart yet either. I’m making my husband a quill with this fabric, but my hold up is what pattern to use. I don’t want to just start cutting until I figure it out!
Cut them up!
Coming from a person who took any of her husbands shirts that had a stain, hole, or missing button to make a quilt, I say cut it!
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I vote cut except maybe the fish since you’ll wear them and you have some in your stash already.
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Chop Chop! Those prints never get old, and you can use them in lots more projects than sleeping
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I’m with Mama Urchin, rip up the top two and wear the pants since you already have some in your stash. But maybe don’t wear them till you know what you want to do with your fish in your stash just incase you need just a tad more and can turn the pants into shorts or capris =D
Cut and maybe share
OMG Tanya me too! Once my bf came home with a stain on his favorite shirt. He said ‘it’s ruined’ and I said “What are you going to do with ith” it’s now in my stash! minus the stained part 
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I bought some too and have already taken the seam ripper to them. Cut them up!
*kicking self* I got that email too, I can’t believe I passed it up
If it were me, I’d cut up the night tops and leave the fish whole for a bit, you said yourself spaghetti strap pj’s aren’t your thing, so make those suckers into something that is your thing
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Keep the pants, rip the rest up!!!
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