Posts Tagged ‘night attire’
The Victorian Nightie with Issues
Last week’s Victorian Nightie project started strong: we found a pattern in a book, ordered some cotton lawn, and I enlarged the pattern from the grid in the book. The cotton lawn still hasn’t arrived yet, as it didn’t get dispatched until the end of the week, blowing away plans for weekend sewing. So instead…
Read MoreMaking a Victorian Nightie – But Can I do it Zero Waste?
Teen has requested a Victorian nightie, with all the trimmings. We happen to live in a Victorian-era house, so she’ll fit in nicely with the architecture 🙂 Of course, a new project involves much fun planning: choosing fabric and trims, creating a Pinterest board, and looking through my not insignificant collection of books and patterns.…
Read MoreA Dose of Gingham Goodness
I’m making a nightie for my teen using a Jane Austen-era pattern for a shift, following on from last week’s post on using an historical sewing pattern. The pattern is in Costume Close-Up – a book of patterns from garments in the collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in the USA. Beyond the patterns, the…
Read MoreDream Jumpsuit Finished + Free Pattern
The jumpsuit I aspired to own as a teen is now complete, and I love it! I first saw this jumpsuit as a teen in the 1980s, when no-one wore onesies, and always wanted one. At the time, I didn’t have the confidence to sew one nor the $ to buy. But here we are,…
Read MoreDream Jumpsuit Progress Update
Last week I embarked on a project to re-create a jumpsuit that I saw once in my teens. Since then I’ve cut out a jumpsuit and run it up on the machine. It wasn’t without problems – I made the crotch 10cm too high and nearly cut myself in half trying it on. Otherwise things…
Read MoreTeenage Me’s Dream Jumpsuit
Back when I was in high school in the 1980s, I saw an oversized fleecy jumpsuit. It was at a mid-year study camp, the weather was cold, and a girl in our dorm wore one to bed (and to study in, if I remember correctly). I loved it! And determined that one day I would…
Read MoreMaking Birgitta Helmersson’s Slip Dress (again)
I’m back on the quest for the perfect nightie pattern for my teen, and I think I’ve found it with Birgitta Helmersson’s slip dress from her book Zero Waste Patterns. My teen has long covid but worse than me, and spends a lot of time resting in bed. Previously I tried making a nightie using…
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