Frances Webb

French Heirloom Sewing Gallery:
Pink Easter Dress with Lace and Pintucks
size 3T

Dress Pattern:

• Martha Pullen. "Heirloom Party Dress." French Hand Sewing by Machine: The Second Book. Huntsville, AL: Martha Pullen, 1985.

Dress Materials:

• Pink domestic cotton batiste
• White French Valenciennes cotton insertion laces
• White French Valenciennes cotton edging lace
• Swiss cotton entredeux
• Swiss cotton entredeux beading
• Pink silk ribbon

Dress Embellishment:

• On the yoke, vertical insertion laces with twin needle pintucks and machine featherstitching in the center using pink 60 weight Mettler "Silk Finish" thread
• On the sleeves, twin needle pintucks and machine featherstitching using pink 60 weight Mettler "Silk Finish" thread
• On the skirt, horozontal insertion laces with machine featherstitching in the center using pink 60 weight Mettler "Silk Finish" thread

Slip:

• Pink domestic batiste
• White French Valenciennes cotton edging lace
• Swiss cotton entredeux
• Embellished with twin needle pintucks and machine embroidery stitches using 60 weight pink cotton silk-finish thread

Yoke Detail:

Fancy Band and Ruffle Detail:

revised March 1, 2008

Graphics designed by Frances E. Webb
© 2001

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