The things you can do with a nightgown pattern...

This is my tunic. I fell in love with a simple tunic from Cabi. It took me months to find the right pattern with the right lines that I could then change. I landed on a nightgown. Butterick 5688. That's right, a nightgown. 
So all I did was leave off the sleeves.

And add a ruffle, which I used from another pattern...one of those bias ruffles that are like a big ampersand symbol  @. After learning how to overcast the edge, it turned out pretty much the way I wanted it to. This ruffle is what I used to finish the neckline...sort of like a reverse facing. then I stitched it down the center front of the tunic.

I would say that I like this tunic very much.  And you know what it's made from?  Some sort of charmeuse that I picked up at Walmart a few years ago...one of those $1.50 a yard  "content unknown." bolts.  Well, I washed it and washed it, and it's soft and silky and relaxed and pewtery and the perfect weight to layer under something.

I wore it yesterday to church with this very cool GAP velveteen double-breasted jacket that I got at the thrift store for $3.50. It had some buttons missing. I changed the buttons. It's perfect.

And if I ever get sick of wearing this as a tunic, I just may wear it as a nightgown.