Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-19
The DrcSsmaker at Home.
BY HELEN THORNTON.

"lt is the instinct of a lady to be in
fashion; but the ambition of fool to be FASH
ionable"
In stroll through the great emporiums Of
Stewart and others of that magnitude, among
the numerous lay-hgures draped with velvet
and satin, fit only for the beau monde, we
find some very unassuming, tasteful costumes
in every way adapted to the limited purses of
the many very worthy people, who desire to
be well dressed, and in the prevailing fashion,
without too great an outlay, or too free use
Of time, which is with them too precious to
be expended in the endeavor to copy the
strange-devised furbelows given in most FASH
ion periodicals
For morning wear at home, we select
neat Merrmac print, either of striped or
barred pattern, made in the sack-wrapper
style-that is sack front, with a sort of
basquine or gabrielle back--6tting quite to
the figure, beted at the waist and buttoned
to the throat with white or smoked pearl
buttons. Around the skirt and up the front
is a two inch bias band of the material bound
with colored worsted or white linen braid
Coat sleeves trimmed with the narrow bands
at the wrist This dress with snow-whte
linen collar and a bright bow at the neck
makes the active little housewife really
charming.
Another, somewhat more elaborate, is of
plain colored chambrey or white cambric
made after the same pattern; the skirt
trimmed with what is called gypsy flounce,
ten inches in width with an inch hem, at the
top of which are three narrow tucks; the
foulce is gathered and finished at the top
with rufie, a little over an inch in width,
gathered in the center. The coat sleeves at
the wrists and armholes have the same simple
gathered ruiile. To belt of the same is
appended two sash ends, finished with min
iature hounce and single deep loop at the
waist
The skirt Of white cambrick was taste
fully trimmed with strip of fine nainsook
or Bishops lawn, tucked, cut bias, about
three inches in width, edged with the narrow
ruifle peated in the center, under the tucking
was colored chambrey. This trimming ex-
tended up the front to the throat, the neck
finished with a small pointed collar of tucks
edged with the rufle, under which was a
bright ribbon to match the chambrey, tied in
front with long ends.
An eloguit nohiv uroSs Vi piacA SIN, "ouiu
pear copying IN SILK or Worsted popiln, SILK
serge or good alpaca 1t was made with
single gored skirt ight-waist-rerers--fo
chemisette-coat sleeves. About three inches
from tue bottom oi the skirt was a four inch
pas pand oi the SILK lined with coarse, sim
book muslin, and cut in small scallops, on the
lower edge, and bound with linen back satin
the band was put on with a piping of satin,
ABOVE Mhioh were TWO more rows oil tne PIP,
ing Inc sleeve scalloped at the wrist and
up the back; bound with the satin, the lap
peis turned Dack on the waist finished IN the
same way Wlde sash OF the SIX pound
win satin ana hnished at tne ENDS with pou-
ii'oh-cordeu-a heaVy net-irlhge, win one
ueoP LOOP a' 'he 'VP' Is iAs'ehed 10 pel' OF
'he SILK lmeu win puckram ana Douhu with
satln'
FOR the afternoon or evening at home' Is
design suitable tor chahpiey gauze' organdle'
SIX grenadlne or lawn, IL consists oil SIM
S,e iuli sNirt moderately long h,sh waist cut
fompadour square opeh) win loose coat
sleeves lhe SKIRT having two or three grad
uated pias rufiles. Inc hem turned up on
the right SIDE TO simulate binding. AT the
TOP oil the RUNE Is a three inch pun laid on
IN reversed pleats' that Is the Pleats being
single turning one way at the bottom anu
the opposite direction at the top; II the ma
terlal Is sum- pox piea's may DC used leaving
space between eacn pleat on tue loP oil Tue
pun Is ruehlng OF oright satn rlppoh' or
several rows OF velvet to match the dress
dhe sleeves are trimmed WIN Il narrow
ruilie and pun to correspond whiie the neck
requires the pun oniy--or "hat Is pretuer'
t"o r1~s u LuOnus III sJ'e.ii ,Ii io"a h ~ 'e'''
a ,ippon Sasn 10 nia.on slIu" pe mor1'
a pau snoer wnl'e muslin iu'olusu on,y
ioi l''s'o Sompan'es' p si"iP,S ""u uasny
.rinueu wl'h 'iIoo nalio" luiues, sa'ne.eu
IN inc center anu pu' on in waves wnsfe tne
secona sN'rl wou'u CONF nulsneu ~ 1ne cen
.sr wl'h @ yety narrow prisnS serve', n,gn ~
'ie ho,N' WIN "n liusiou 'uOno ''s'e"ou WIN
1ne velNe.' RUNE q, 'no u.ni-noe a"a ~ 'iie
SrlS' saSh oi i"us''" 'i'''''''' WI" "'0 ru'-
hes; L., . .; L.;
e,,,I 3'reo' dresses aru ol Various u'SlSns.
SliNs are 'riniheI WIN sa'." p'p'1ss, pau
neavy iri"ges' PlnAeu s;. ruhss uns O.as oa"as o.
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