A cotton nightie for a little girl who dislikes polyester as it makes her hot and who likes the colour pink. It is not a sale item. The pattern says it is an easy make but I added a few hours to it by doing french seams and adding decorative machined borders. There are links to Pinterest to lots of free patterns for this peasant style garment but I used Butterick 4910. I was happily sewing until I read the note in bold on the back of the pattern: NOTE: Garments in this pack are not intended for sleep apparel. The pictures look like sleep apparel to me so I decided to ask about rules and for general advice about sleepwear from members of the Sewing in the UK Facebook group. I received lots of helpful links and opinions. Some people pointed out that : even if it was easier to find fire retardant fabric there is some fear about the chemicals used to make them fire resistant. most sleepwear in shops is not fire retardant but items car...
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