I saw this beautiful dress while teaching for the Memphis Area Smocking Guild.
I told you in the last post that the ladies in the Memphis Guild were a "stitching bunch".
Here you see Leslie stitching on a dress instead of taking breaks.
She did have a real need to stitching it up, though. It was to be worn by a little girl the next day for an Easter Egg hunt! Talk about pressure.
Women who sew know about pressure!
Of course there was a matching Easter Bonnet.
Leslie stitched lace under the fabric ruffle to give it body and help the ruffle stand out.
The set was beautiful!
I sure would have liked to have seen the little girl wearing this outfit!
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BEAUTIFUL!
ReplyDeleteI've never thought of using a contrasting entredeaux, but I will in the future. And yes I do know about being under pressure. One year I made 8 xmas dresses, all but one was smocked. no one asked me to make them, I did it to myself. I won't ever do this to myself again. That was definitely too stressful for me.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that Leslie was sewing away back there. Her handwork is just simply gorgeous!
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As Jan said, I, too, never thought about using contrasting entredeux. This must have been a spectacular outfit. I would love to have seen the entire dress. Will Leslie send you pictures?
ReplyDeleteJanice, I don't know that Leslie even has any pictures so I doubt that I will see the entire dress. Sorry! You can imagine that it was beautiful.
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