Chery Williams Basic Yoke/Bishop Dresses Detail
& Listing of her other patterns
Chery Williams Basic Yoke Dress
Sized: Small 2-6; Large 7-12 $12.00
This pattern is the most known Basic Yoke Pattern with all of the variations
that Chery and others could think of. It is a classic in the Smocking
World. This is the style dress you will most often see in the pages
of Australian
Smocking. If your sewing skills are beyond the raw beginners
stage then this style of dress is the one to make for your daughter or
granddaughter.
Views 1-4 have made many a beautiful garment with all kinds of color
combinations with contrasting colored sleeves, the addition of the
'angel wings' (in Swiss Embroidery or fabric),
piping and
French lace
around the bottom of the sleeves and collar. If you are talented enough
you can change the shape of the collar if you like. (See
Nancy Coburn's
Heirloom Sewing book for information on how to change the shape
of collars and for collar variations.) These dresses look delightful
made in Swiss
Batiste (100% Pima Cotton) or
Imperial
Batiste (65% Polyester/35% Cotton), Broadcloth from cottons or blends,
calicos or in Silk
Batiste or Dupionni for fancy occasions. They can be jazzed
up, dressed up or dressed down depending on the look you want or the occasion
- makes a beautiful flower girl dress or first communion. You can even
play with the hemline by adding tucks (for growth or looks) or in special
occasion fabrics adding lace scallops or embroidery along the hemline. The
combinations and possibilities are almost endless, limited only by your
imagination.
The full smocked yoke style, View 6, offers some challenges with sewing
the pleats into the shape of the yoke but Chery walks you through all of
the steps and the result is worth the extra effort. View
7 is a plain yoke dress waiting to be embellished with heirloom sewing
techniques or have a smocked Swiss Edging Collar added.
If you feel the need for a book that guides you through the construction
of a smocked yoke dress we offer
Nancy Coburn's Busy Mother's Guide to Sewing Children's Clothing
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Basic Yoke Dress - Short Sleeves/Long Sleeves |
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| View 3 - Angel Sleeve View 4 Angel Short Sleeve
Combination |
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| Basic Yoke Dress - Angel Sleeves/Angel-short/Angel-long
View 5 - Angel/Long Sleeve View
6 - Smocked Front Bodice |
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| View 7 Plain Front Bodice
View 8 Smocked Back/High Yoke |
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| View 9 Plain Back/High Yoke - View 10 Plain Back/Dropped
Yoke |
Chery Williams' Bishop Dress - sized: Small 2-6/Large 7-12
$12.00
The bishop style evolved from the round yoke smock frock worn from the late
16th century till close to the end of the 19th century. When the Industrial
Revolution of the late 19th century made wearing the voluminous Smock Frocks
dangerous for farm and field workers the fashionable world took up the smock
as theirs and have been wearing the style as blouses, dresses, nightgowns
and robes for girls and ladies. This classic style has been worn by
child and adults since the 1910's.
Today the Bishop dress is another classic in the smocking world and still
delights little girls who are lucky enough to wear them, and when you daughter
(or granddaughter) rebels at the shapeless garment you can satisfy your urge
to smock one by making one of the styles below that is suitable for the older
girl or make her a blouse.
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| View 1 Sleeveless with Swiss Edging Overlay Collar
View 2 Button Down Front/Angel Sleeves
View 3 Short Sleeves/Drop Waist with Swiss Insertion at drop waist -
suitable for the older girl
View 4 Long Sleeves with pockets and Swiss Edging Overlay Collar |
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| View 5 Button Down Front/Contrast Short Sleeves with Angel Sleeves
Overlay
View 6 Contrast Short Sleeves with Swiss Edging Angle Sleeves Overlay
View 7 Swiss Edging Overlay Collar with smocking at the waist
- suitable for the older girl |
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You also have the option of making a bishop Blouse.
Which is a good idea when the child you are smocking for refuses
to wear bishops any more
(Mom-sized "sniff, sniff, I didn't think it would happen so
soon").
The illustration shows with or without smocked Swiss Embroidery
collar overlay. |
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| Princess Line Dress with regular Smocked Collar or Smocked Edwardian
Collar
Girls: 4-6x; 7-10; 12-16
A lovely dress to go to church in or for special occasions. |
Don't know which smocking design to smock with? We have almost 2,000
Smocking
Plate designs to choose from along with the
Australian Smocking
Magazines which have 6 to 7 designs per issue. Give us a call
or drop us an e-mail and
we will quickly answer your questions and help you to find the right design.
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