Sew Beautiful Magazine

* This article can be found in Sew Beautiful Issue #111, March / April 2007 *
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The pleated-front baby bubble shown on Martha Pullen’s grandson, is made of yellow handkerchief linen and features six sets of double release pintucks for a total of 12 pintucks. Each tuck is embellished with a hand running stitch using two strands of lt gray blue DMC Embroidery Cotton Floss (#159). At the end of each set is a blue button with a swirl edge from Wendy Schoen Designs. Pattern is available from Martha Pullen Company (see listing in the Shopping Guide on page 86).

Embellished Double
Pintucks
Apply tucks to a block of fabric before cutting out front.

1. Starting 5/8-inch from center front, mark two tuck foldlines 1/4-inch apart and 3-1/2-inches down from neck seam line. Each set of double pintucks is 7/8-inch apart from first tuck to first tuck (fig. 8).

2. Fold and stitch one release tuck at a time. With matching thread, stitch precisely 1/16-inch from fold stopping at bottom of each line. Press tucks apart.

3. Hand stitch an even running stitch in the space between pintucks using two strands of DMC floss (fig. 9).

4. Sew a blue button at the end of each tuck.

5. Construct bubble as per pattern directions. -SB

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