PINTUCKS & LACE: Using Heirloom Techniques on Today’s Styles

J. Gagnon & C. G. Berneking

Bunkhouse Books, West Gardiner, USA

Year 2006

Pages 100

Heirloom sewing is exquisite…fine fabrics, delicate, detailed stitches; and beautiful. The purpose of this book is to teach the lovely stitches that can be made by machine, replicating the true heirloom look, and to showcase techniques that can then be applied to the making of baby dresses, wedding gowns, and special occasion outfits, and to add a touch of femininity to other items in a fraction of the time it took our ancestors to make a garment. In sewing heirloom you will apply heirloom techniques on the fabric first, and then cut out the pattern. You will be using lighter weight fabrics, special sewing machine feet, starch and stabilizers, as you complete a lot of precision details. Heirloom sewing is not difficult once you know the stitches and procedures, but it takes time, patience, and skill at the machine.