Frances Webb

French Heirloom Sewing Gallery:
Pink Heirloom Party Dress with Peek-a-Boo Diamonds
size 3T

Matching "Big Sister" Dress

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 cotton insertion lace
• White French cotton edging lace
• Embroidered cotton edging
• Swiss cotton entredeux
• Swiss cotton entredeux beading
• Pink silk ribbon

Dress Embellishment:

• Peek-a-Boo Diamonds formed using embroidered cotton edging
• Twin needle corded pintucks using pink Cotty thread for cording
• Wing needle hemstitching
• Machine embroidery using white silk thread

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Matching "Big Sister" Dress

revised March 1, 2008

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