Monday, February 6, 2017

Everyday Essentials with EYMM for Valentine's Day

To be honest I was a little worried about how I was going to present the pattern on my blog. Wondering if I would be confident enough to do modeled photos of my new nigthgown. We all have our reservations about going out of our comfort zone, we all have our little imperfections that we wish to hide from the world but in the end it is what it is. Yes I have curves, and imperfections that I didn't have when I was 20 years old, but they are a part of me and they tell a story. Really so glad that I was able to show you modeled photos and jump out of my comfort zone on this one.   




This pattern is the Everyday Essential by EYMM (affiliate link). The pattern offers so many options and such a huge size range (xs-5xl) including different cups sizes so its easy to get a good fit. 


The fabric suggestions for a good support fit is a cotton lycra blend, but I wanted the soft flowing silkiness of a rayon blend which doesn't have the best recovery. My solution was to line the bra or bodice part, front and back, with a white 95% cotton 5% lycra knit and get the comfort and light weight feeling of the rayon knit.



I also wanted a girly look to this nightgown and so I went through my stash of elastic lace. Finally I found some matching fold over elastic for the armcye. I spent more time contimplating my fabric selection than I did sewing. The pattern is very easy to understand and I put most of the garment together using my serger.



I haven't had a nightgown in years, I could get used to feeling this girly and leave those old flannel PJ's behind.



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Make sure to visit all the stops on the Valentine Essentials Blog Tour! (Keep in mind that the links below won't work until their scheduled date.)
Feb. 3 -Sewing by Ti
Feb. 4 - Joelle at EYMM
Feb. 10 - Roundup at EYMM
During the tour, the Everyday Essentials pattern is on sale for half off! Use code VDAYTOUR on the EYMM site to save 50% on the Women's Everyday Essentials pattern until February 12 at 11:59pm PST.

Disclaimers:
This blog contains affiliate links meaning I make a small commission if you click on the link and make a purchase through it at no extra cost to you. 
I received the pattern at no charge for the purpose of the tour but all opinions are my own.  

7 comments:

  1. We all have our reservations. I'm proud of you for sharing your photos as you are beautiful exactly how you are. :)

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  2. You are beautiful! Very smart to line the bodice part!

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  3. I love the idea of lining the bodice!

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  4. You look amazing and I'm glad you decided to step out of your comfort zone. You did a fantastic job. ☺

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  5. Deb, you look phenomenal! I love the gown and the photos. Beautiful job. You look like a butterfly ❤

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  6. I'm so glad you ventured out of your comfort zone! You look amazing! Thanks for joining the tour!

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  7. You look amazing!! I love your pop of pink lace and totally agree that it took longer to choose the fabrics and trims than it did to sew :) This combo is gorgeous.

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