Fine Heirloom Sewing, Smocking and Hand Embroidery

"Baby will be well and smiling in little garments made by Mother, Auntie, Grannie and loving friends!"

Please join me as I teach the old fashioned techniques and skills needed to sew baby clothes. You will find lessons that start at the very beginning and take you step by step as we sew little baby clothes together. May you find much joy and pleasure in making them.
It's easy and it's fun!!

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Friday, January 13

London V&A - Cute Tennis Outfit


As we moved into the 20th century, I saw this ladies tennis dress.


My eye went straight to the Hemstitching at the neck and the pockets.





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4 comments:

Val said...

Beautiful.

MLM247 said...

A very interesting trim - not for the faint-hearted needlewoman. I would like to see it on a little girl's dress or a little boy's romper.
Way back when I played tennis, no colour at all was allowed other than white. The exception was social tennis on Sunday afternoons. I recall the fuss when one of the men had a black stripe on his socks on a Saturday. No game.

Jeannie B. said...

Yes, I can really see this on a Romper!

AnalogExperience said...

I read your "About Me" and, it really could have been written about ME: "I love babies, embroidery and old fashioned Baby Clothes!!" I discovered you from a Nov/Dec 1997 issue of "Creative Needle" that includes a delightful baby dress(?) pattern that I often just unfold to admire. I think I bought it at our yearly local used book fair (http://vnsabooksale DOT org/ When I saw the title "Old Fashioned Baby" I said to myself "wait a minute, that's MY byline!" lol- because I love perusing over vintage early Americana baby garment patterns. I call them "the old fashioned babies". Your brand name is perfect! I love it. Something about needlework and old fashioned things appeal to me very much. I long for the intricate and skilled needlework of the past. I have only been in needlework for a few years but took to it almost naturally, as if I had been doing it since childhood (which I haven't). My grandmother was quite skilled at all forms of the needle and knitting, beading, and so on. It is TOO BAD that we as a generation are not taught these things as a matter of course as they were taught to our grandparents. Thank you for your lovely blog, I like it very very much.

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