{"id":9553,"date":"2010-10-29T23:12:05","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T03:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=9553"},"modified":"2012-04-13T18:26:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T22:26:09","slug":"ingredientschristmas-dress-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/29\/ingredientschristmas-dress-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingredients~Christmas Dress ’10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For almost three weeks now I have wrestled with designs and plans for Christmas outfits for all three grandchildren.\u00c2\u00a0 I desperately wanted them coordinated, as it seems that my opportunities for brother-sister-cousin holiday clothes are diminishing.\u00c2\u00a0 Sweet and cooperative as 5 1\/2 year old Robert is, I\u00c2\u00a0think\u00c2\u00a0the era of\u00c2\u00a0easy compliance\u00c2\u00a0with “sweet” clothes\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0is drawing near an end.<\/p>\n

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But time flies and the outfits need to be finished for Christmas pictures as well as for The Nutcracker Ballet<\/em>, which Robert and Laurel will be attending mid-December.\u00c2\u00a0 So\u00c2\u00a0I have\u00c2\u00a0finally settled on basic\u00c2\u00a0 black velveteen as the\u00c2\u00a0unifying factor.<\/p>\n

While awaiting the arrival of my mail order shipment of velveteen from The Sewing Studio in Maitland (Florida), I have started a\u00c2\u00a0pinafore bib for Laurel.\u00c2\u00a0 This will be worn over her black yoke dress.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Inspired by Margaret Boyles’ Pinafore Bibs book, the heirloom sewn confection should\u00c2\u00a0make up\u00c2\u00a0relatively quickly.\u00c2\u00a0 For Valentines Day and other occasions, a new bib can be popped over the same black dress.<\/p>\n

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Aside from her very clear illustrations, Margaret includes\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0patterns for sizes 1-6,\u00c2\u00a0and tips for a perfect fit.\u00c2\u00a0 As per her directions, I will use the dress yoke pattern to draft a bib that will fit perfectly, rather than use the pattern from her book.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, those patterns are invaluable for their\u00c2\u00a0scalloped Madeira \u00c2\u00a0applique’ borders and embroidery designs.<\/p>\n

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The bib fabric is a heavier weight of champagne Swiss batiste.\u00c2\u00a0Swiss beading, insertion and antique Swiss organdy edging will be combined with an embroidery of\u00c2\u00a0the Sugar Plum Fairy, from A Bit\u00c2\u00a0of Stitch’s Nutcracker Suite Motifs<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0My sample stitch out has led me to tweak the colors and design slightly.<\/p>\n

The scroll work beneath the ballerina is\u00c2\u00a0 really lovely.\u00c2\u00a0 The design pack comes with this as well as a frame design, suitable for insertion of a monogram.\u00c2\u00a0 I chose to stitch the scroll under the\u00c2\u00a0Sugar Plum Fairy\u00c2\u00a0with 80 wt. Maderia Cotona thread.\u00c2\u00a0 With a monotone design, this fine thread stitches out very nicely.<\/p>\n

Back to the machine and the pinafore bib……..Updates soon.\u00c2\u00a0 And have you\u00c2\u00a0started\u00c2\u00a0Christmas outfits?\u00c2\u00a0 I’d love to hear about them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For almost three weeks now I have wrestled with designs and plans for Christmas outfits for all three grandchildren.\u00c2\u00a0 I desperately wanted them coordinated, as it seems that my opportunities for brother-sister-cousin holiday clothes are diminishing.\u00c2\u00a0 Sweet and cooperative as … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,8,28,43,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9553"}],"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=9553"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9585,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9553\/revisions\/9585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}