Summer nightgown drawn from the project pile.

I've been saving this silhouette for several years & haven't framed it, so I decided to use it on a nightgown. Yes, I'm jumping on the silhouette bandwagon.

I was trying to make something similar to a dress pattern given in Blueprint magazine a couple of years ago. The construction is very simple; a straight tube of fabric, gathered at the neck with a drawstring. I used a white XL t-shirt.

For the Blueprint dress the drawstring was made of soft cotton rope, but since my project will be a nightgown, I wanted the drawstring to have some give, to be soft, & to be plain; no big bows or knots. I dug out a perfect piece of soft cotton knit (vintage!) which matched well. I did have to add some wide eyelet to the bottom; my girl is tall these days.

Here's the link to the original Blueprint article & instructions.