{"id":6108,"date":"2010-03-22T02:11:23","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T06:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=6108"},"modified":"2012-02-07T20:39:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T01:39:57","slug":"easter-outfit-2-laurels-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/22\/easter-outfit-2-laurels-dress\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurel’s Easter Dress ’10–Gathering Supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"

“To become a grandparent is to enjoy one of the few pleasures in life for which the consequences have already been paid.\u00c2\u00a0“<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>Robert Brault<\/p>\n

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And so it is with the pre-paid pleasure of sewing these Easter garments.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I am determined to use the fabrics, patterns and trims that I already have and not buy more.\u00c2\u00a0 All the materials for Laurel’s Easter dress have been extracted from the armoire, dresser drawers and lace boxes, \u00c2\u00a0ready to be cut and sewn.<\/p>\n

I am so excited about sewing \u00c2\u00a0this garment. In Martha Pullen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1985 book, French Hand Sewing by Machine, the Second Book,<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0there is\u00c2\u00a0a\u00c2\u00a0photo of a white basic yoke dress with a\u00c2\u00a0blue slip showing through. It has intrigued me from the moment I saw it.<\/p>\n

Ever since then, I have wanted to make such a dress. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know why I never did, but at last it has made its way to the top of my To Do list.\u00c2\u00a0 A few items down on that same running list is a notation to make a green slip\/sundress after Easter.<\/p>\n

Because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m trying to coordinate the three grandchildren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s outfits, yellow ducks will be the tie that binds them.\u00c2\u00a0 Alastair’s middle name is Drake, so the duck theme\u00c2\u00a0was selected especially for him.\u00c2\u00a0The handloom shown above and in the previous post showing Alastair’s bubble seems to dictate that white or yellow be used for the body of the garments and all three children look very nice in yellow.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0So\u00c2\u00a0Laurel’s underdress\/slip will be yellow Imperial broadcloth. I might rather have used batiste, but I had plenty of broadcloth and no batiste on hand. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m justifying this compromise by\u00c2\u00a0recognizing that Laurel is almost 6 and a broadcloth “slip” could also pass as a sundress. I’m also trying very hard to use\u00c2\u00a0fabric that\u00c2\u00a0I already have.<\/p>\n

The Swiss batiste is the very sheerest, known by the names of Swiss muslin and Swiss finella. I want to use this so the pale yellow slip will shadow through as much as possible.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The other components are Swiss fagoting used for beading, a fancy entredeux to dress up the fagoting on the sleeves, yellow ribbon, the beautiful fagoted lace galoon and French “footing” lace, which is just a simple lace ground, without a pattern. \u00c2\u00a0I chose the footing\u00c2\u00a0because I\u00c2\u00a0don’t want a decorative insertion to compete with the fagoted lace.<\/p>\n

Sarah Howard Stone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Basic Yoke Dress<\/em> pattern will be used. This is a fabulous pattern and an incredible bargain, priced at $10-11. The pattern includes the slip and several\u00c2\u00a0lovely, classic\u00c2\u00a0embroidered and heirloom sewn collars. It is wonderful for smocked yoke dresses.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0When I began sewing for my daughter, I bought\u00c2\u00a0this pattern\u00c2\u00a0in each size and have never regretted it.\u00c2\u00a0 It was so reassuring to know that when she outgrew one size, the next would fit just fine.\u00c2\u00a0 When switching from one pattern to another, you can never be sure how comparable their sizes are.<\/p>\n

The slip is well underway.\u00c2\u00a0 The yoke is lined, using a technique that I’ve always liked.\u00c2\u00a0 By placing the pattern piece for the back seam line on a fold, you create a nicely folded back edge, without the bulk of a seam.\u00c2\u00a0 Cut two backs in this manner and cut two front yokes as per the pattern.\u00c2\u00a0 By laying out these four pieces as shown in the diagram, seaming the shoulders and then\u00c2\u00a0creasing on the back fold lines, you have a fully lined, seam enclosed bodice.<\/p>\n

It’s a good thing I started with the slip.\u00c2\u00a0 While Laurel was here with her family, I tried the slip bodice on her.\u00c2\u00a0 She is wearing a size 6 now in all ready-to-wear, so that’s what I cut out.\u00c2\u00a0 It is very big on her.\u00c2\u00a0 Fortunately, I can cut the shoulder deeper and take up the added armscye circumference in the underarm side seam.\u00c2\u00a0 But I will use the size 5 pattern for her dress.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m happy to be making pattern adjustments on broadcloth that ultra-sheer Swiss batiste.<\/p>\n

Back to the sewing room……..Is anyone else sewing for Easter?\u00c2\u00a0 Inquiring minds want to know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“To become a grandparent is to enjoy one of the few pleasures in life for which the consequences have already been paid.\u00c2\u00a0“\u00c2\u00a0 Robert Brault And so it is with the pre-paid pleasure of sewing these Easter garments.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I am determined to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,28,43,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6108"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6124,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108\/revisions\/6124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}