baby doll nightie

An Easy 1960s Nightgown (+ tutorial!)

By allie J. on December 15, 2015

Hello! Today I have a project from a few months ago that I never shared. It’s a bit unseasonal for us northern-hemisphere ladies but hopefully our AUS friends will feel right at home 🙂

I used McCall’s 2137 as the base for this nightgown. However, that pattern has some construction quirks, so I decided to modify the pattern to suit my own needs. Overall though, I think this is a very sweet little nightgown, breezy enough for even the hottest nights of summer.

You can see more about this project on my blog, allie J.

And bonus!! I wrote a tutorial simplifying this already-easy pattern so you can make one yourself with no pattern required! You can find that here. Hope you like it! 🙂

By Bumble Betty on May 24, 2013

Hi there! This is my first post and I’m very excited to be here. A few weeks ago I was surfing the internet and typed in 1950’s baby doll nightie and came across the sweetest little number. I took one look at it and thought I could sew that for myself. I consider myself still a novice at the sewing machine, so to sew something without a pattern was a challenge. I think I did pretty good and importantly I had fun doing it! I used a simple A- line for the body, muslin fabric for the straps. I added a little eyelet across the front and the back of bodice then topped it off with a little black bow. It really was a simple design! I used the Madeline Mini Bloomers free pattern from Coletterie ( http://www.coletterie.com/colette-patterns-news/free-pattern-to-download-the-madeleine-mini-bloomers) to make the bloomers. I really love how this turned out and can’t wait to make another! More pics at my blog http://bumblebettys.blogspot.com.

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