Frances Webb

French Heirloom Sewing Gallery:
White Heirloom Party Dress with Pink Rose Insertion
size 7

Dress Pattern:

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

Pattern Adaptation:

• Yoke lengthened

Dress Materials:

• White domestic cotton batiste
• White French Valenciennes cotton insertion lace
• White French Valenciennes cotton edging lace
• White cotton beading lace
• Organdy insertion embroidered with pink roses and green vines
• Swiss cotton entredeux
• Pink silk ribbon

Dress Embellishment:

• On the yoke, vertical twin needle shadow pintucks over pink pearl cotton and a horozontal band of beading lace and insertion lace with embroidered insertion in the center
• On the sleeves, twin needle shadow pintucks over pink pearl cotton with a band of insertion lace in the center
• On the skirt, a horozontal band of beading lace and insertion lace with embroidered insertion in the center

Slip:

• Pattern: McCall's 8101 (no longer available)
• Pink domestic batiste
• Embellished with machine embroidery stitches using pink variegated 40 weight Sulky rayon thread

Yoke Detail:

revised March 1, 2008

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