The original vintage gown, as shown below, was first featured in
issue #142 of Sew Beautiful Magazine in a pictorial.
My drafted pattern and the step-by-step instructions are all included in the article. I thought you might like to see more close-up pictures of my re-creation! This gown has so many wonderful heirloom sewing techniques! I hope you enjoy the pictures and that it inspires you to grab the latest issue of Sew Beautiful and make a gown for someone special.
Perfect placement of the embroidery is very important, so I printed off a template and placed it behind the fabric and marked my lace insertion lines. I then hooped the fabric and let my embroidery machine do the work. The sweet and simple design of scattered flowers and leaves is a replica taken from the original vintage gown. You can download it FREE!
Pictured above is the lace insertion on the front of the gown.
Once the lace insertion was stitched, I then proceeded with
regular heirloom sewing techniques for lace insertion.
Creating the tucks in the lace at the yoke of the dress was
like creating magic! I just totally LOVE the look!
Gathering lace to the neck opening.
Vintage and Re-Created Lace Tucked Gowns
I have heard from so many readers already that are using my pattern to make a Vintage Tucked Lace Gown of their own!
2 comments:
Wow!! It is beautiful! And I particularly love the lace tucks. I would love to try it! Thanks so much for taking on the project then sharing it with us.
1: you're awesome. 2: I subscribed to your blog just a few weeks ago when I googled pinstitching and you showed up with very useful instructions, so I decided to stick around (surprised myself by starting heirloom sewing when the baby showed up! My mother no longer has the inclination, so someone needs to!). 3: I didn't realize you were the same person as the pattern I just flagged to modify for my fifteen month old! Look forward to starting it. (I'm a month behind in my rss reader, which is why I just saw this post.) 4: are there any other heirloom sewing blogs of your quality? Very happy to have found you.
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