Thursday, April 6, 2017
Pretty Smocked Baby Gown
I smocked this little baby gown for Wee Care. It has been a work in progress for awhile. Like so many of my projects, it just needs a hem and fastenings.
It is white Imperial batiste. I had always wanted to try this embroidery design, from Vermillion. They have the loveliest cross-stitch designs I have ever seen for machine embroidery. In fact, they also offer charts for hand cross-stitch- but that would take me too long.
The white shadow is the stabilizer I need to wash out. This design is actually 1/2 of the original, which is a square of ribbons. Possibly because I cut it in half, it stitched with many jumps and traveling stitches, but I love it anyway!!
I smocked a few simple rows to match the colors in the embroidery and bound the neck and sleeves with bits of yellow cotton gingham left-overs from another dress.
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4 comments:
Lisa, I LOVE this! The use of the gingham in combination with the cross stitch embroidery---all of it combines to make a delightful little gown. I want to make a big girl (4 yo) bishop just like this. Thanks for all the inspiration you give us.
Thank you!!! I would love to see yours when it's done- please email a picture! If you want the embroidery, it is by Vermillion on Embroidery Designs.com I will try to post a link later!
It was very nice to say hi to you at Saga! Thanks for stopping by.
I was delighted to meet you in person and get your beautiful embroidery book! I hope you will be up north again soon!!
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