I`ve made this nightie pattern twice
https://butterick.mccall.com/b6531in theory I should be a "medium" but "small" is plenty big enough and I like it except for the neckline. It has quite a wide neckband and it is too high. I would like to change it to a scoop neckline but am not sure how I should finish the neck edge (I want to keep the placket opening).
Can I just reshape the neckline and cut a long strip of fabric to bind the edge - if so, should I cut the strip on the straight or bias? At the moment the placket exends over the neck-band but could I just cut the top of the placket to line up with the neckline and bind the whole lot? Presumably I`d have to do a bit of fiddling to make the ends of the binding neat.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated