{"id":6208,"date":"2010-04-02T01:45:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T05:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=6208"},"modified":"2019-02-02T22:56:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T03:56:54","slug":"lemon-meringue-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/02\/lemon-meringue-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Meringue Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Frothy and yellow and sweet, this dress reminds me of lemon meringue pie, which, incidentally, is on my Easter dinner menu.\u00c2\u00a0 Laurel will look like dessert!<\/p>\n

I know that too many pictures of this garment have already been posted.\u00c2\u00a0 From gathering supplies<\/a>, to slip <\/a>construction,\u00c2\u00a0 and even the complications<\/a>, it has been posted and discussed endlessly. And yet, seeing it complete with\u00c2\u00a0the yellow underdress\u00c2\u00a0and the added rows of lace at the hemline, I feel compelled to show the overall effect.<\/p>\n

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From the planning stage, my vision of this\u00c2\u00a0frock presented a white dress with yellow shadowing through the sheer batiste.\u00c2\u00a0 The yellow shadow beneath the lace was an unexpected and pleasant surprise.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Extending the dress\u00c2\u00a0length by adding lace to the underdress hemline gave a nice effect.\u00c2\u00a0 First, entredeux was joined a hair above the point at which the skirt edging hung.\u00c2\u00a0 Then three rows of insertion were added, finished with an edging. This is the same edging used at the neckline, sleeve ruffle and skirt hemline.<\/p>\n

Rather than keeping the lace flat, I\u00c2\u00a0employed a technique that I first used on my pattern, Rebecca’s Bow Dress<\/em> (published by Martha Pullen).\u00c2\u00a0 On\u00c2\u00a0 that dress, the first of several rows of lace was not gathered to the beading but each row was longer.\u00c2\u00a0 The effect is much like\u00c2\u00a0the circular felt skirts I once wore, or like a floppy wide brimmed straw hat.<\/p>\n

While \u00c2\u00a0the first and second pieces of insertion\u00c2\u00a0are zig zagged together, the first piece is stretched, rendering a lettuce leaf effect.\u00c2\u00a0 It is like stretching a knit fabric and getting a ruffle.\u00c2\u00a0 I simply place my index finger on the first piece and allow the\u00c2\u00a0joining\u00c2\u00a0lace to feed freely.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, the more rows that are added, the deeper the folds in the lettuce leaf ruffle.<\/p>\n

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It’s hard for me to articulate just why I thought the underdress lace trim should not lay flat.\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps it’s just that I wanted some architectural distinction between the two.\u00c2\u00a0 Gathered lace would have been an option, but I am not a big fan of great lengths of\u00c2\u00a0it,\u00c2\u00a0due to the difficulty it poses when ironing.\u00c2\u00a0 The circular structure of the lettuce leaf edge makes it nearly as easy to press as flat lace.<\/p>\n

Initially, I planned to make a second underdress in green, but I have\u00c2\u00a0 abandoned that idea.\u00c2\u00a0 All the yellow hemstitching seems to lock this in to a yellow only “slip.”<\/p>\n

I try to use the term “underdress” exclusively with Laurel so as not to disturb\u00c2\u00a0her budding sense of modesty.\u00c2\u00a0 When it is identified as an underdress, she seems comfortable with the idea that it can be worn alone.\u00c2\u00a0 A slip is clearly underwear.\u00c2\u00a0 The white Swiss dress will be popped over the yellow Imperial broadcloth after her she gets out of the car.<\/p>\n

This garment certainly meets none of the criteria for a “modern project for old fashioned Nanas.”\u00c2\u00a0 Occasionally,\u00c2\u00a0this old fashioned Nana\u00c2\u00a0still\u00c2\u00a0likes to make old fashioned frocks.<\/p>\n

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  Frothy and yellow and sweet, this dress reminds me of lemon meringue pie, which, incidentally, is on my Easter dinner menu.\u00c2\u00a0 Laurel will look like dessert! I know that too many pictures of this garment have already been posted.\u00c2\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,69,8,28,43,38],"tags":[368,569,1062,131],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208"}],"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=6208"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38329,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208\/revisions\/38329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}