Hospital Gowns & My Silhouette

My grandmother has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and is now at home with hospice.  She has always dressed nicely, and I felt bad for her for having to wear ugly hospital gowns when she was receiving visitors and everything.  So, I decided to do something about it.

I didn't get a picture of the first one I made which was lavender flowers with a lavender heart-shaped pocket - which she loved. These pictures were taken by someone else and are a bit out of focus, but they give a little idea of a couple of others that I've made. The gown shown above was made using fabric that had already been cut out as a square dance skirt.  Since she loves cats and enjoyed Hawaii, I thought I'd use it even though it would be a challenge to figure out how to make the pre-cut pieces work.  The result, was a gown that looked quite different from a regular hospital gown, but the flaired skirt is sewn to a blue base of hospital-gown shape, so it still works as needed!

The next one I did is shaped more like a regular hospital gown, but it is reversible!  Here's a picture of one side of it:

It's pretty plain, but made with a pretty blue flowered fabric with a little pocket & lace at the base of the sleeves.  The reverse side looks like this:

I LOVE the pocket.  Here's a closeup:

The bird was from fabric (it's a shiny green, though it looks black here) that had been backed with Heat n Bond and then cut on my Silhouette!  The pattern was a freebie that I got here - created by Judith L. Perry.