New Sleepwear

I finished my increasingly less ugly sleepwear last weekend. Now Victoria Secret has nothing to worry about, but it is a vast improvement over this (as much as I love them). The fabric is a REALLY slippery, heavyweight poly from Hancocks. I originally purchased for a blouse, but it is a much better fit as a chemise. And it would have been a real bear to make lots of seams and pleats and such out of. It likes to unravel by the chunk and it's slipperier than OJ Simpson. I used the same Kwik-Sew Lin gerie pattern as the white gown, lengthened just a bit more. It is also cut on the bias and very comfortable. To work around the hideous raveling and refusal to press issues I edged in black lace (bought while shopping with Denise and Betsy) on the bottom hem and in the front. I used tear away stabilizer on the hem and a great deal of washaway stabilizer on the top. Arms and back are overcast and folded once and hemmed. I did get some of the notorious bias stretching and ended up taking in the sides under the arms about 2.5" total. The straps, though were a breeze to make, the stuff was so slippery that turning the tubes was effortless. I like the look (much better on than in the floor) of the straps attached to the lace. It finished the edges nicely. I still owe a pair of undies of the same stuff, I have plenty of fabric left. Even bias-cut this doesn't take a lot of yardage.

And while I showed you the full set of fabric postcards, I don't think I posted the set of the ones I made (ok, I forgot I took the picture, whatever). As you can see I used my deco stitches and no two are alike. The large leaves are appliqued on using some fusible interfacing and a satin stitch. They're showing rather pinkish on my screen - they aren't, green is the real dominant color and the carpet background is white.