White Wednesday - Pretty vintage Baby Dresses

I was the lucky recipient of these two lovely baby dresses.

I have been appointed caretaker.  

And for that I am grateful!

I will be a very good caretaker!  Promise.

Not only are they beautiful, they came beautifully ironed.

Notice that the embroidery design goes from right below the tucks to the hem.

The first dress  is entirely handmade and has exquisite embroidery.

I wish I had some history  about the baby who wore this dress.

The places of openwork are done in the Ladder Hemstitch.

The embroidery is Satin Stitch.

I think this yoke is amazing!

There are tiny Pintucks with Hemstitching and embroidery between them.  But my favorite is the openwork stitch that joins the top near the neck to the tucks.

I teach this technique in a class.  One name for it is Bermuda Fagotting.

The  back of the dress is lovely too.  Wider tucks  and the same  pretty openwork.

I like baby clothes that have a decorative feature on the back!

The second dress is a little larger.  Probably a toddler dress.  It is made entirely by machine with the exception of the buttonholes which are handmade buttonholes.

The yoke is made up of groups of tucks alternating with machine made Swiss insertion.

The cuff on the end of the long sleeve is made from the same Swiss insertion as used on the yoke.  And edged with  a Swiss edging.

I like this hem feature.  Two tuck that are about 1/8" wide are stitched right above the hem.  The hem is also stitched in place with  sewing machine stitching which is unusual. 

No history for this dress either but it would have been used by a family that was not wealthy.  I really like the simplicity of this dress but it's very pretty.

This is my White Wednesday for this week.  Follow along as I go peek at the others at Faded Charm.

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