Summer Slip

I bought the Vogue DKNY 1160 dress pattern just for the slip.  I have no intention of ever making the dress.  This slip pattern has separate bust cups, which makes it a little different to my other slip patterns.  It also has a fuller skirt than most slips, which is okay for a nightie.

Summer nighties would be some of my most successful sewing projects, if you use "number of times worn" as a measure.  I last sewed a couple maybe 8 or 9 years ago, and they have ripped and worn a bit now.

The lovely thing about this pattern is that it required no fitting changes ... no shoulders to adjust, no chest area to adjust, full skirt and bias cut to accomodate waist and hip size changes.  Just a simple little whip-it-up project to calm me after a dress project that I has been causing me angst lately.

Now, I wouldn't normally include photos of me in my sleepwear, but this pattern got a poor review over at PR, so I wanted to show a successful version.  I'm not sure why mine was more successful that Ariana's ... perhaps my cotton is easier to sew and not as drapy as her silk.  The neckline edges are sewn with a narrow hem rather than finished with bias strips, but this would be easy to change if you preferred a bias binding finish.  I made the straps wider than the pattern suggested.