Frances Webb

French Heirloom Sewing Gallery:
Blue Heirloom Party Dress
with Lace, Embroidered Insertion, and Pintucks
size 10

Dress Pattern:

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

Dress Materials:

• Blue Victorian batiste from the Martha Pullen Co.
• French cotton insertion lace
• French cotton edging lace
• Swiss cotton Victorian embroidered insertion
• Swiss cotton entredeux
• Swiss cotton entredeux beading
• White pearl cotton
• White silk satin ribbon

Dress Embellishment:

• On the yoke, vertical insertion lace and Victorian embroidered insertion framed by twin-needle corded pintucks
• On the sleeve, vertical insertion lace and Victorian embroidered insertion framed by twin-needle corded pintucks
• On the skirt, horozontal fancy band of insertion lace and Victorian embroidered insertion framed by twin-needle corded pintucks with edging lace, Victorian embroidered insertion, and twin-needle pintucks at the hem

Yoke Detail:

Sleeve Detail:

Skirt Detail:

revised March 1, 2008

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