Collette Costello

Sew Your Own Cosy Pyjama Trousers: Hyggebukser

Handmade mustard and cream check pyjama trousers with an elastic waist laid on a knitted blanket with wool socks, hot chocolate and a candle

Eight evenings. Fifteen minutes each. The cosiest trousers you’ll ever own.

In Denmark, hyggebukser are the comfy trousers you pull on the moment you get home. The ones that say: the day is done, now it’s time to be cosy.

Imagine pulling on a pair you made yourself, in a fabric you chose. Wear them for a film night, a lazy Sunday morning, or a hygge pyjama party with friends.

Is This For Me?

  • Yes, if you’ve made your hygge bag. You already know the basics. Now you’ll learn gentle curves and elastic.
  • Yes, by hand or by machine. Sew slowly by hand, stitch by stitch, or on your sewing machine. Both are welcome here.
  • Yes, if you’re busy. Fifteen minutes an evening is all it takes. Miss a night? Just pick up where you left off.
  • Yes, if you want to slow down. This isn’t about perfect seams. It’s about giving yourself a little time, and ending up with something cosy you made yourself.

Choose Your Cosy

Folded navy and cream brushed cotton check pyjama trousers on a wooden chair with a knitted throw and a mug of tea

Brushed cotton in a soft check, for long winter evenings.

Light floral cotton poplin pyjama trousers laid flat on a white bedspread in summer sunshine beside wildflowers and a straw hat

Cotton poplin in a cheerful print, light enough for summer.

Folded plum and navy tartan pyjama trousers tied with a cream ribbon beside a knitted stocking, pine and fairy lights

Festive tartan, for a Christmas Eve pyjama tradition.

Matching blue and cream striped pyjama trousers in grown-up and child sizes on a bed with a knitted teddy

Matching pairs for the whole family, or a friend’s birthday.

Old sepia photo of Nanna Betty as a young girl in a striped dress, standing in a Salford park in the 1920s
Nanna Betty, Salford, 1920s

Why I Made This

My Nanna Betty was a machinist at the Macintosh factory in Salford, and she taught me to sew one small step at a time on cosy Sunday afternoons. I’ve taught sewing for years since, and I’ve made these packs the way she taught me: gently, simply, and with plenty of tea.

Collette

Cover of Sewing Made Easy for Beginners by Collette Costello, with a plum sewing machine drawing on a blush circle

FREE IN YOUR PACK

Sewing Made Easy for Beginners

My 85-page guide, yours to keep. Everything you need to feel at home with your sewing machine: threading up, stitches, seams, curves, elastic and hems, plus my top tips from 30 years of dressmaking.

HYGGE MAKERS CLUB PACK · SALE PRICE

Make Your Hyggebukser

£15.99 £7.99

  • The hyggebukser pattern with patch pocket
  • Step-by-step videos, one for each 15-minute session
  • Free book: Sewing Made Easy for Beginners
Get the pack for £7.99

How you’ll get it: I’ll email your pack, aiming for within 2 hours.

Would you love a posted kit with fabric and elastic too? Let me know and I’ll keep you posted.

New to sewing? Start with the hygge bag, made for complete beginners.