Here is another thing ferreted out of  trunks in a North Wales barn. This is the short-sleeved summer version of the smocked dress made from the pattern shown in the previous post. The collar and cuffs are in standard weight cotton and they would probably have been better if made from plain white lawn of […]

As I got a little braver with smocking (and with my smocking machine now chomping through the fabric like a knife through butter) I thought I’d make daughters 1 & 2 a winter party dress each – I suppose No 1 would have been about 5 and a half years old and No 2 would […]