Godey's - July 1850

Figure 2 - A plainer dress, also of cambric, the skirt ornamented only by three narrow tucks above the hem. A belt is inserted, and the waist is made of tucks and edging, arranged in a new style, and fitting into a yoke on the shoulder. The long sleeves may be removed at pleasure. Spotted muslins may be made in the same way to look very prettily. The collar, if considered too heavy for a child's dress, might be omitted entirely, and the robe still be very pretty. Of course, no one is expected to confine herself strictly to one pattern.

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