It is funny how some girls just will not wear pink. They wear colours that suit them and they look beautiful. In a household filled with guys, smocking is the one area to enjoy being a girl. When we moved more than five years ago, all the smocking was packed up in a rubbermaid and left waiting.
This past week it was opened up and the smocking came out to play.
Each dress is unique. The smocking plates differ, so do elements that create each one.
This dress needed more growth bands, as this little one is on the short side.
Instead of a matching collar, this one has a white one, with covered buttons. It also has a bow tie at the back.
Puffed sleeves with smocking and lace on the edge of the sleeves.
Sleeves with a binding edge.
A sleeveless dress.
Sleeves with smocking but no lace detail.
Plain sleeves, with a small hem.
Using decorative buttons on the back, this dress has waist bands. The buttons can be moved, as the child grows. This dress was one, where I played with different ideas. It will be going to my nieces new baby daughter.
Future smock dresses? Went to the store to get thread, these caught my eye and followed me home. (The dresses will eventually arrive on my Etsy store).
Diane did some more stitching on Jane Bannister. It will be finished soon.
An unexpected parcel arrived in the mail today. It is from Judy, a fellow retreat buddy! She reads the blog and noticed the baby quilts this year, so she sent me these beautiful stitched pieces to make a baby quilt.
Bunnies with a frog catching a free ride.
Squirrels play hide and seek.
A lamb frolicking with the butterflies in the meadows.
A bear enjoying honey.
It arrived with this lovely card, Thank you Judy. It will be used to create a one of a kind baby quilt.
Enjoy the rest of summer, it is my favourite season of the year.
I never tried smocking - yours are all very pretty. All that red work is nice too. I dug out my Hertfordshire quilt and intend to work on the next round a little bit this next couple weeks - a lot of pieces need to be cut!!
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