For 'throwback' Thursday…
Childhood inspired these dresses, made so crisp, done up in vintage dotted swiss, a pinned layer floated above the relief print on paper. I'd like to revisit these pinned borders.
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| Memory Dress and Pins. Valerie Knapp© |
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| Tiny Apron Dress and Pins. Valerie Knapp© |
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| Vintage Dress and Pins. Valerie Knapp |
dot·ted swiss (d
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A sheer, crisp cotton fabric, sometimes a lawn or batiste, embellished with woven, flocked, or embroidered evenly spaced dots used for blouses, dresses, baby clothes, and was once very popular for curtains.
One source said is was first made on hand looms in Switzerland, as early at 1750. Typical production began in the 1880's
