Isolation Fun -Vintage Baby Gown Information

I want to share this Vintage Baby Gown with you.

Although it would be considered a simple gown, it has some interesting and lovely techniques on it.

This gown  measures almost 32" in length. While we tend to think only of Christening Gowns as being this long, it is not at all the case.

Below is an excerpt concerning clothing for a baby by Dr. LC Grosvenor from Chicago. It was included in the book  Wife and Mother or Information for Every Woman copyright 1888.

"The ordinary baby dresses are all right except that I would have them only from thirty inches to a yard in length"

The chapter on Clothing states "Many infant's clothes are both too long (italics are from the original text) and too cumbersome......How absurd, too, the practice of making them wear long clothes.....when the infant is carried about, to reach to the ground is foolish and cruel in the extreme."

Photo of the hem on the front side of gown.

The hem is 3" deep.

Photo of the hem on the wrong side of gown.

It is stitched by hand with the tiniest stitches ever!

The raw edge has been turned under, then it is  stitched right along the edge, using a tiny running overcast stitch,  on the wrong side.

Notice that  they took very tiny gathers or tucks to accommodate the excess fabric that occurs from an A-Line shape garment.

The construction was done by tiny  machine stitches.  

We will talk about the front design next time.

A little history lesson by Jeannie

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting"

Proverbs 118:29

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