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Welcome to the MyCottonNightie blog; here you will find various bits of information about cotton nighties and our company.

if there is something you think we should add, just ask and we will try to add something for that topic.

We frequently have guest authors so if you are very knowledgable and would like to write something that links back to your guiding website or similar get in touch with Christine here.

Tanzania Organic Cotton
The Many Uses Of Cotton
A Cotton Gin (Cotton Engine)
Cultivation For The Nation
Why Cotton Nighties are great as Maternity night-wear
A year of selling Cotton Nighties!
Cotton Nighties on BBC Television
Cotton Nighties in the News
Cotton Nighties Lengths
History of nightwear
Victorian Fashion book review
Cotton nighties; a few more details
Benefits of Cotton Nighties
Cotton Nighties - Size guide
Terms & Conditions + Returns Policy
My Cotton Nightie Payment System

Tanzania Organic Cotton
Amandeep Kallah

Cotton is Tanzanians second major export crop after coffee. Cotton maintains 48% of Tanzanian population for their source and livelihood which has led to a growing interest by farmers, governments, private stakeholders in organic cotton supply as it acts as means to poverty. Organic producing areas are characterized by poor infrastructure, lack of awareness of cotton products by consumers and poor market intelligence by traders. Over 70% of Tanzanian cotton is exported and only 30% is use…
 

The Many Uses Of Cotton
Courtney Stavrou

 
 
Cotton can be used to make a number of useful things such as denim for blue jeans, terrycloth for bathroom towels which are highly absorbent materials and much more.   While some materials are thrown away after weaving, spinning and cutting cotton. They can be recovered, recycled and blended with other fabrics such as Rayon and other synthetic fabrics such as polyester. It is also mixed with elastine which is primarily used for jeans and knickers so that it stretches to fi…
 

A Cotton Gin (Cotton Engine)
Courtney Stavrou

  A cotton gin (cotton engine ) is a machine that quickly and easily separates the cotton fibres from the seeds. This is a job formerly performed by hand during 1794. The fibres are processed into cotton goods, and the seeds may be used to grow more cotton, to produce cottonseed oil, or, if they are badly damaged, are disposed of. The gin uses a combination of a wire screen and small wire hooks to pull the cotton through, while brushes continuously remove the loose cotton lint to prevent j…
 

Cultivation For The Nation
Courtney Stavrou

The cotton plant can be found as a perennial in treelike plants in tropical climates but is normally cultivated as a shrubby annual in temperate climates. For the successful cultivation of cotton there needs to be a long frost-free period, plenty of sunshine and at least 24 to 48 inches of rainfall (600 to 1200mm). The best places for cotton to grow are either in the northern or the southern hemisphere. Were the soils are dense and the levels of the nutrients in the soil are need not be that ex…
 

Why Cotton Nighties are great as Maternity night-wear
Jane Andrews

There are many reasons why cotton nighties are great as maternity wear - but in our opinion these are the top three:
 
Loose fit! - yes one of the important features of Cotton nighties is that they are not tight or restricting helping you feel comfortable and leaving you with space to grow. 
 
Cotton is actually very absorbant and can up to 1/5th of its weight in water before it starts to feel moist; enabling it to draw moisture away from your body and help it evaporate through its very hi…
 

A year of selling Cotton Nighties!
Jane Andrews

It is exactly a year since we set-up MyCottonNightie.com.
 
Happy Birthday MCN.com
 
1 Year Today! 
 
It has been quite a trip and learning all the 'ins and outs' of working with on-line marketing and sales. Figuring out how websites work, the processes and technical parts can get pretty confusing - and of course working out how to work through Google advertising and realising how much of your budget it can quickly eat was amongst the early shocks!
 
We can now …
 

Cotton Nighties on BBC Television
Katie Billings

MyCottonNightie's nighties were shown as a prop on Casulty on BBC1. They were featued throughout the episode and dispite being covered in dirt as part of the set - didn't look too bad!
 
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Cotton Nighties in the News
Katie Billings

I was browsing the web the other day - and came across this superb article in the telegraph - really quite marvellous!
 
Follow this link for the full article.
 
 She really does describe the beauty of wearing these products! Talking of how nice it is to have high quality cotton next to your skin at night (rather than sweat retaining polyester) and how these cotton nighties are brilliantly durable - standing the test of time as a garment and when it comes to washing.
 
 Thank…
 

Cotton Nighties Lengths
Jane Andrews

For all our LONG Nighties, the Length measurements are all as follows:
 
S/M = 115cm (45 & 1/4 inch) M/L = 116cm (45 & 3/4 inch) L/XL = 117cm (46 inch) XL/XXL = 118cm (46 &b 1/2 inch)
 
For the SHORT Nighties, the Length measurements are all as follows:
 
S/M = 80cm (31 & 1/2 inch) M/L = 81cm (31 & 3/4 inch) L/XL = 82cm (32 1/4 inch) XL/XXL = N/A
 
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History of nightwear
Jane Andrews

It's quite hard to imagine a time when nightwear did not exist - but the interesting fact specific nightwear is actually a recent innovation. Here is quick run-down of the different types of nightwear throughout the ages;
 
Chemises
 
Chemises were a unisex garment in terms of wearers, and people used them as a sort of early underwear as they became more popular around the Middle Ages. It protected bed clothing from sweat, body oils and dead skin. Over time the chemise b…