Blue Batiste Waisted Dress with Puffing

Several years ago, I made this beautiful dress for Sarah Howard Stone, Inc. It was designed by Mrs. Stone and featured exquisite vintage lace. If I remember correctly, I used Children's Corner Margaret pattern for the yoke.

The lace which made up the front yoke was zigzagged together to form a rectangle block. I adjusted the Margaret pattern to create the lace panel portion of the yoke. After pinning the adjusted pattern piece to the lace block, I zigzagged around the pattern using a tiny zigzag and, then, cut out the shape. This shaped piece was carefully placed on a fabric block making sure there were no ripples in the fabric and I zigzagged the outline of the lace piece to the fabric. After applying entredeux to the angled sides of the lace piece, the next step was to prepare fabric blocks to finish a block large enough to cut out the original Margaret front yoke pattern. The key was to ensure the angle on the side fabric block pieces matched the angle of the lace portion.

This dress has shoulder ruffles which are gathered slightly from the waist in the front across the shoulders to the waist in the back. The back yoke is the same as the front with the exception of a placket.

 

The skirt features two lace bands on either side of a puffing band finished with a deep lace ruffle.

 

Here is a closer view of the front yoke.

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If you have any questions concerning the construction of this dress, please feel free to contact me.

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