With Valentine's Day coming up I wanted to make a nightie to feel
beautiful in. Afterall, it's quite difficult to feel sexy when you're in one of
those standard, run of the mill, nursing nightgowns. So after some dedicated
research on Pinterest, I found this:
I loved it so much, I re-created a breast-feeding friendly version. As
usual, the downloadable pattern will be available free for you all, for the next month.
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What you will need:
- 1.5 m fabric (I used Japanese Lawn but any cotton or knit fabric will work)
- 50 cm wide lace
- Ribbon, if desired
- I'm Beautiful Nightie Pattern
- 2 Press Studs
1. Cut and assemble the pattern. Follow the instructions in the grey box for fabric preparation.
2. Take Piece A and align one piece of lace with Edge 1,
right sides together. Stitch the top half, using a 1/4” seam. Repeat with other
lace strip and Piece B.
3. With Edge 1 of pieces A and B touching, pin together the
position where the lace from Piece A intersects with the lace from Piece B. Sew
in place, using a 1/4” seam, with the lace wrong side down and fabric right
side up. Trim overhanging lace and zigzag the exposed edge. Repeat
step 2 where the lace from piece B intersects with piece A.
4. Create 4 small pleats along the centre of the long edge of
pieces A and B. (this enables your breasts to sit nicely in the top of the
nightie).
5. Place the straight edge of piece AB against the nightie
front panel, right sides together. Pleat the nightie front panel as you pin it
to piece AB, so that both pieces of fabric are the same width. Sew together
using 1/4” seam.
6. Place the nightie front and back panels, right sides together
and stitch along both side seams, using a 1/4" seam. Before sewing, ensure
that the top corners of the back panel, align with the top corners of pieces A
and B. Zigzag the edges to finish.
7. Create a bottom hem by folding the bottom edge up by
1/4" and ironing, then folding another 1/4”, ironing and sewing in place.
8. Join the 2 x 2.5” strips and create binding. Pin the binding
to the top edge of the nightie, leaving a 10cm tail on both ends, above the
lace. Fold the short edge of each tail over by 1/4”, iron, fold another
1/4" and sew in place.
9. Take the remaining binding and cut two 25 cm lengths. Fold one short edge,
of each piece, over by 1/4", iron, fold another 1/4” and sew in place.
Using a 1/4" seam, sew along the open edge to create a strap. Position the
straps under the binding on the back of the back panel, aligning it with the
binding tail.
10. Stitch on binding and straps.
**Tip - before going to the next step, try the nightie on and see how it
fits. I added a couple of darts in pieces A and B to make it contour to my body
shape better.
11. Add press studs over the top of the hemmed short edges of the
straps.
**If you didn't need to make the nightie breastfeeding friendly, at step
10 leave a 14.5 cm tail instead. Place the end of the tail under binding on the
back panel (step 11) and stitch in place.
How beautiful and feminine is that! Just in time for Valentine's Day....
Phoebe
xo
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