Great idea! I'm studying heirloom techniques, so on the bodices or the skirts of anything I make , you'll see something that isn't called for in the patterns, lol.
For the VDB, I did a peekaboo lace technique and lace insertion on Finnie's dress:
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And on Zhoie's dress I tried a Madiera applique (scallops) and homemade piping all over, and piping over lace on the collar. That is a piece of antique lace... I wish I had more to put around the scallops...I'll have to look again, lol:
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(So far, I've only used the one dress pattern...)