women's nightgown

[Virginia Mescher]

Re: women's nightgown

Well, I finished my long nightgown, and the short nightgown last week. I have yet to put buttons on them, and the reason that I've not done so is because I'm torn over which style to use, and since nobody will see them but me, it's of little consequence. I have 16 isinglass mound buttons of 1/4 inch which I thought to possibly use. Since I saved them for my daughter, I thought them the ideal ones for her since she lost her garibaldi shirt 4 years ago and it was missing 13 buttons....guess what she just found.:tounge_sm
The other style of button that I am considering is a glass rectangle, same size of 1/4 inch which looks fine, but like I said, I still can't decide so it's either the glass, isinglass mound, or white china round.

I would go with the white china round. I'm no expert on clothing but of original nightgowns I have seen, they used white china buttons. It makes sense in that these gowns would be washed like other white body linen, soaked, scrubbed, boiled, and generally treated without much care to the buttons. White china buttons would withstand the harsh treatment of the laundry process.

[Drygoods]

Re: women's nightgown

The long nightgown got the white china, while the other shorter version of the (bed Jacket) got the decorative style....not that anyone would see either, but they turned out well. With luck, I hope to get another long version made with a different style yoke. All in all, good project, well worth the time and effort.

[MrsArmstrong]

Re: women's nightgown

Here is a great short nightgown...looks similar to those illustrated in Godey's

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Nightgown_W0QQitemZ110483681739QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b95731cb

Susan Armstrong

[sarahbear922]

Re: women's nightgown

Here's a long list of patterns I found, I'm not sure if it has what you're looking for. Good luck!

http://www.pastpatterns.com/1850.html

Sarah Woodall