White Wednesday- Raglan Christening Gowns

This Christening Gown is View 3 from the OFB pattern "Raglan Christening Gowns"

Christening Gowns are the most important garment ever worn.  Rarely will a Bride wear her Mother's Wedding Gown but the Christening Gown will be worn by many babies.  Your Baby, your Grandbaby, and your Great Grandbaby.

Close up of the Yoke.  The lace is Angel Lace.

I recommend that you purchase the best materials you are able to afford.

How much did you pay for the Wedding Gown that was used once?

This is View 2 and was inspired by an antique  Gown.  Tucks and Lace embellish the yoke.

Swiss Batiste is the fabric used most often for Christening Gowns.  The weight of the Swiss Batiste depends on the style of the Gown.  For the A-Line style here, I would use the Nelona or  Dress Weight Swiss Batiste.

The hem is finished with Lace and Featherstitching.

Close up of the Tucks and Lace at the neck.

This is  the View 1 Gown.  It is a simpler version.  

The sleeves are pleated instead of gathered. It is a tailored style and made from Linen.   

This is the "Raglan Christening Gown" pattern.  The Raglan style helps it to fit Baby better.  There are no shoulders so it is more flexible in fitting.  For more fitting information see Fitting.

Come with me to Faded Charm and visit other lovely White posts today!

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Pretty Smocked Baby Bonnet

Bonnet is made from Silk Broadcloth.  It is so yummy!!

This smocking Design is included in the Ready to Smock Silk Bonnet Kit.

To quote a friend of mine (loosely) "Everyday is filled with sunshine when your smocking"!!

Check out the Smocking Arts Guild of America (SAGA) to see if there is a Smocking Guild near you!

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Three Things I Love

My sister Kathy with my Father. 

I love babies in cute old fashioned baby Bonnets!

I love my wrist Pincushion!

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Morning Glories in my Garden

I love Morning Glories!

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Entredeux Embellishment

Technique I used on the white dress in the Sew Beautiful article.

It made the Dress!

Use a 6 Crewel Needle and 4 to 6 strands of floss. 

 I separate the floss and then put it back together, thread the needle and iron the floss.

Weave the needle in and out of the entredeux edge.

I love white with just a touch of color and this is an excellent way to get the look I want.

Samples from a Class I teach on Embellishments.

Top picture shows floss woven through every hole of the entredeux.

In the bottom picture I have woven under two bars of the entredeux and over one bar. You can get many cute looks depending on how you weave the floss through the entredeux.

Snail Shirring Bonnet.

Using blue floss to match the embroidery I have woven the floss through the entredeux at the bonnet front where the snail shirring is attached.

Close up of Bonnet/Entredeux

Christmas gown by Catherine.

Hem has red floss woven through the entredeux on the Swiss trim.

Pink floss woven through the middle of fancy entredeux.

Pink floss woven through the hem and the front swiss trim.

Remember to smooth the entredeux/floss out before you tie off the floss.  You don't want the floss to gather up the entredeux.

Have fun with this technique!!

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White Wednesday- Pretty Sew Beautiful Dress

I love this little dress!!

Crisp and White with just a touch of color.

Baby Dress is made from the OFB pattern

"Best Embroidered Baby Clothes 1".

This dress is one of three in an article I wrote for the latest issue of Sew Beautiful Magazine.

The embroidery at the yoke is Featherstitching and Bullion Rosebuds.

The sleeves are made from one wide piece of Swiss Edging.  

I used luscious trim from Bear Threads!

I used a Swiss Batiste for the dress so it would match the trims.

Embroidered Roses are done in  Anchor Floss.  Pink - 48 and Green 1042.

I stitched Bullion Roses in the openwork area of the  Swiss Edging.

I love the little touches of color against the white.

Close up of the Swiss.  

I used a Swiss Insertions down the middle of the Dress and French lace on either side of it.  Then the  hem is finished with a matching Swiss Edging.  The pink entredeux is threaded in and out of the entredeux edges of the Swiss trim.  Next post I will show you how to do this.

 And it buttons all the way down the back.

Hope you like my little white dress.  It will look so sweet on a baby!

I plan to do a kit on my web site in the next day.

I am trailing along with Faded Charm  for a fun White Wednesday!

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Friends

We are making Daygowns using "Baby Layette" pattern.

I went to visit a friend and we had FUN!

We are each sewing a daygown, hers is pink and mine is white.  We have been planing this for part of our summer fun!!  

She sews faster than me!  I'm pretty slow.

Roses came from my Garden.

She loves Tea too!!  So we had tea and I got to choose my Tea Cup.

This is her sewing space.  She shares it with the home office they have.

Notice the shelf.  The hooks under it hold nifty stuff.   

It's wonderful to sew here! 

She has everything she needs right at her finger tips.  And pretty things to look at.

I should have taken more pictures.  I know you would like to see them.  See the black fabric under her sewing machine.  There are pockets that hold scissors etc.  I LOVE it!!!  And her drawer to the left has all her machine feet right there organized in the box, easy to find.

I came home and I am determined to make my sewing area more useful!!

I am always hunting for something.  Wasting my sewing time!

Sewing Friends are the best!

Daddy

My Father, my  sister Kathy and I am the Baby.

"Fond memories keep a person alive in your heart."

Stitching In My Garden

I love stitching in my Garden!

This morning I had the best peach, my favorite muffin (wholewheat, bran, banana, blueberries and nuts) and Mocha coffee which was really half milk.

I read about Lydia from the Bible.  Acts 16:11

Did you know that Lydia was a seller of fine fabric?

My Graham Thomas rose was looking mighty fine this morning.

I am stitching a little white Daygown and trying out a new sleeve.

Using a beautiful cup!

I finished attaching the entredeux to the neck of the Daygown.

Using the old fashioned method that I love.

And peeked at the latest Sew Beautiful magazine.  

I have an article featuring three different designs using the same pattern - my Best Embroidered Baby Clothes One!

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White Wednesday- Embroidered Baby DayDress

View 2 From OFB Baby Daydresses pattern.

I made this DayDress as a class sample for a guild I was teaching for.  

There are many good techniques to learn here and it was a fun two day class!

The dress is made from a nice white Linen.

  Many of the flowers are Bullions. 

 I stitched two bullions side by side to create a petal.

My Rose is Katy Road Pink from my Garden.

This dress has a fancy sleeve if you elect to make it.

I did not cut the fabric away from behind the lace.  The fabric is more stable this way and I like the way it looks.

Embellished with Lace and Bullion Roses.  Of course!

To see a very nice sample of this DayDress that has the fabric cut away from behind the lace - visit Dandelion Avenue!

Full view of my dress.  I used a nice ivory lace.

Hem embroidery is not too daunting!  But it's pretty!

And more shaped lace to practice on.

The back has a placket.  With my signature Rose Bud!!

For more beautiful white posts, visit Faded Charm!

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Three Things I Love

 Bonnet is modified using OFB  Baby Bonnets One pattern.

I Love Old Fashioned Baby Bonnets!

I like to drink coffee, read the paper and tend my Roses.

I Love my Back Porch early in the morning.

I Love Granddaughters who like to sew!