A soft blue batiste (cotton/synthetic blend) fabric dress featuring a hand-embroidered white bunny, lamb, gosling, and scotty dog on parade. Also embroidered in the smocking above is a colorful flower motif. Includes a complementary set of socks, embroidered with matching flowers. Size 1 SOLD – No longer available

A light yellow fabric with floral pattern. The hand-embroidery depicts a scene of a lamb in a pasture with a tree, flowers, and friendly chicks. Includes a complementary set of socks, embroidered with matching flowers. Size 2 SOLD – No longer available SOLD – No longer available

This page moved > see more images or buy the dress This dress has a large hand-embroidered rabbit riding a hobbyhorse in the center of a hand-smocked pattern. The fabric is white with a pattern of pink flowers. Additional flowers (also hand-embroidered) appear on the back of the dress. Includes a complementary set of socks, [...]

This page moved > see more images or buy the dress A light blue and white polkadot dress depicting a girl gathering flowers in the countryside. She sees a bird and some ducks. Additional flowers (also hand-embroidered) appear on the back of the dress. Includes a complementary set of socks, embroidered with matching flowers. Size [...]

Last post, I wanted to talk about why I started making dresses, so in this one I thought I’d describe the process a little. One dress takes a week to complete, of which five days are spent doing hand work; embroidery and smocking. Working exclusively for so many days, I develop a close relationship with [...]

This is the first part of two posts explaining some of the background on how I started making dresses for little girls. I began making smocked dresses thirty years ago when my daughter was born, teaching myself from a pattern that had six rows of simple smocking. When she could no longer wear the dresses [...]