{"id":9158,"date":"2010-10-09T21:52:40","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T01:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=9158"},"modified":"2019-02-01T19:38:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T00:38:06","slug":"lion-and-mouse-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/09\/lion-and-mouse-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion and Mouse Suit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do little boys in your area wear heirloom clothing?\u00c2\u00a0 I hope so.\u00c2\u00a0 This little suit is for my 18 month old grandson who will\u00c2\u00a0wear this as soon as\u00c2\u00a0he grows into it.\u00c2\u00a0 I am always so pleased that my daughter and her husband enjoy seeing Alastair in classic clothing.<\/p>\n

The blue suit fabric is a very fine wool challis, no heavier than broadcloth.\u00c2\u00a0 It is lined with blue microcheck and closed at the shoulder and side tabs with pearl shank buttons.\u00c2\u00a0 I was tempted to embroider a little mouse on the front of the suit, but chose instead to leave\u00c2\u00a0it plain so that it would be more versatile.\u00c2\u00a0 I may make another shirt, perhaps with a wide, embroidered\u00c2\u00a0collar.<\/p>\n

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The shirt is made of ivory combed batiste.\u00c2\u00a0 A box pleat at center front allows for more ease of movement.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Pearl\u00c2\u00a04-hole\u00c2\u00a0shirt buttons close the back opening.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The most noticeable feature of the\u00c2\u00a0shirt is the Binche picture lace on the collar and cuffs of the shirt.\u00c2\u00a0 Clearly, this is boy lace, with a not-too-scary predatory lion and strong color contrast.\u00c2\u00a0 Blue cordonett outlines the\u00c2\u00a0beast and the surrounding natural growth in which the little mouse is presumably hiding.\u00c2\u00a0 It has been pinstitched in place with matching blue DMC 50 wt. cotton thread on both the collar and sleeves.<\/p>\n

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Most Binche picture lace edging has a perfectly straight decorative edge, adorned with no more than picots.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0This allows\u00c2\u00a0the same piece to be used for insertion, as shown on the sleeves.\u00c2\u00a0 However, the fabric was not cut away from behind the lace, as it would serve no purpose\u00c2\u00a0other than\u00c2\u00a0to feminize the shirt and compromise the integrity of the sleeve.\u00c2\u00a0 And who wants that on an outfit for a\u00c2\u00a0rough and\u00c2\u00a0 tumble little boy?<\/p>\n

I’m really eager to see Alastair wearing this suit.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0A picture of him\u00c2\u00a0wearing a pair of white high top shoes would be timeless.\u00c2\u00a0 I wonder how long little boys have been wearing suits like this, certainly longer than I remember and that’s a\u00c2\u00a0lonnnnnnnnnng time.<\/p>\n

I’m going to say it again.\u00c2\u00a0 I love classic children’s clothing.<\/p>\n

P.S.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I do have several bolts of Binche lace for sale, $4 py.\u00c2\u00a0 Drop me a note if you would like some.<\/p>\n

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    Do little boys in your area wear heirloom clothing?\u00c2\u00a0 I hope so.\u00c2\u00a0 This little suit is for my 18 month old grandson who will\u00c2\u00a0wear this as soon as\u00c2\u00a0he grows into it.\u00c2\u00a0 I am always so pleased that my … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,41,4,8,28],"tags":[699,151,700],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158"}],"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=9158"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38326,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158\/revisions\/38326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}