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Perfect Pattern Style 175
1853 New Orleans Little French Girl
This pattern is for an elaborately decorated dress
such as a little French girl might wear in the 1850s
times. The skirt is attached to the bodice but separated
by a piped edging of a darker color. The same dark
color is used to edge the shirred skirt and bodice
panels as well as trimming the sleeves and faux lacing
on the bodice front. The dress also features wide
ruffled lace edging on the skirt hem and the hem of
the bell shaped oversleeve. The satin ribbon is
threaded through spaces left open for it when the
shirred bodice straps are attached, and tied in a
large bow in the back. The long gathered undersleeve
has lace edged cuffs that open and close for a tight fit
around the wrist. For a simple version, the dress can
be made without the shirred panels and oversleeve.
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