Baby in Blue Smocked Baby Clothes Dress

Baby Londyn is wearing the Baby Dress from my pattern "Smocked Baby Clothes"

This pattern fits up to 18 lbs.

She is adorable in this dress.

Granddaughters are the best!!

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Carol's Grand Baby at Christmas!

Carol's Grand baby is wearing the Christmas Daygown featured in Classic Sewing Magazine!

It's made from OFB Smocked Baby Clothes.

Thank you, Carol for sending this photo.

Baby and Gown are beautiful!!

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Baby Londyn in Pink Smocked Daygown

If you think I have gone soft in the head over this baby…..

you would be right.

She is wearing Old Fashioned Baby - Smocked Baby Clothes (which can be made without smocking simply by gathering the fabric instead of smocking it)

This Smocked Daygown appeared in Sew Beautiful Jan/Feb 2009 magazine and it gives the instructions for the Honeycomb Smocking you see.

I have just been waiting for a baby to wear it!!

Sweet Smocked Sleeves

Rosebuds embroidered on the collar.

Dainty Lace Edging is stitched on either side of the front opening.

(this is J lace, which is slightly changed now since they re-made it)

Here is Baby wearing it.  She had been wearing it all day but we don't mind the wrinkles.  

And I don't think you need to iron except for special Photos.

Still a little large on her. 

 At five weeks she is now 9 lbs and growing cubby.

"Childhood is a magic place of dreams…

where everything is possible

and the best is just beginning."

joan walsh anglund

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Smocked Christmas Daygown in Classic Sewing Magazine

Londyn's Merry Christmas Gown is made using my pattern "Smocked Baby Clothes". It is featured in this Holiday issue of Classic Sewing Magazine.  The Smocking Design as well as embroidery are available only in the magazine issue.

I smocked the sleeves and added Baby Entredeux to the edge along with Lace Edging.

I love Smocked Sleeves for Baby clothes. The smocking gently gathers the sleeve.

The Collar is edged in fine lace and embellished with Christmas Berries.  I also stitched a Running Stitch around the collar.

This dainty Smocking Design is suitable for any Christmas Dress you choose to make.

I smocked the design using three strands of floss.

HINT: For the prettiest smocking….I separate the strands, then put them back together.  After my #7 Crewel Needle is threaded, I iron the floss.

I wanted the hem to be fancy.

I used the Smocked Daygown View 1 but finished them hem like V2.  

I will tell you how I did it in the next post.

I have a Merry Christmas Daygown kit available if you want to make one just like this.

You will need the Classic Sewing Magazine for the Smocking Design and the Embroidery!

Merry Christmas, Baby!

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Smocked Christmas Daygown!

Baby Londyn with Mom all dressed up for Christmas Tree hunting.

Wearing her Smocked Christmas Dress!

Back home and worn out from her first drive into the country!

Pattern is Smocked Baby Clothes.

The Smocking design and more information about the design is in

 Class Sewing Magazine Christmas Issue.

More information in my next Blog Post…….

Smocked Baby Clothes - Silk Bonnet

For the Final  post showing my pattern Smocked Baby Clothes, I am showing you the Smocked Baby Bonnet included in this pattern.

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Smocked Baby Clothes - Daygown

White is Classic for ALL Baby Clothes!

This Daygown made from my pattern Smocked Baby Clothes is beautiful in white Daygown Lawn.

It features lace at the collar and sleeve but not along the front facing.

And the yoke is attaced using piping.

It is smocked in white and accented with pink Bullion Roses.

My signature Rosebud at the back of the Daygown!

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Smocked Baby Clothes - Daygown and Bonnet Set

I was so pleased to receive this picture of the Daygown and Bonnet.

I love to get pictures of the garments you make using my patterns!

Thank You!

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Smocked Baby Clothes - Daygown

This luscious Daygown is from my Smocked Baby Clothes pattern.

It was featured in a Sew Beautiful magazine.  The focus of the article was Honeycomb Smocking.

The fabric is Bear Threads Swiss Flannel in Pink.

Here is my Sweet Baby Betsy wearing this Daygown.

(she is my antique Store Mannequin - a gift from a fiend)

The long sleeve on this daygown is slightly full, giving it an elegant look.

I am very fond of Smocked Sleeves because the sleeve has some give to it.

In fact Smocking is decorative way to gather fabric and that is what you see in this sleeve.

                                     

I have added a bullion Rosebud to the collar.  And hand stitched gently gathered lace to the collar.

Notice where the yoke meets the smocking.  Instead of piping to join them, I used a Flat Lace Edging.

I always think it looks unfinished if you don't use something at the join.

I used Madeira Silk Embroidery Floss to embroider between the buttons.

Click on this image for a closer look at the embroidery.

This has to be one of my all time favorites.

The Swiss Flannel is soft, pretty wrinkle free and just plain yummy. There is extra delight in holding a little baby dressed in this fabric.

Your little baby needs one!

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Smocked Baby Clothes - Dress in White

Is there anything sweeter than a little white Smocked Baby Dress in white with pink embroidery?

I photographed this little dress when visiting It's Sew Heavenly.

Brenda and Lacie made it.

This dress from my OFB pattern Smocked Baby Clothes ,  features sweet puffed sleeves with lace embellishment.

And matching lace embellishment in the skirt.

And ungathered lace edging at the hem.

I love that the back only has a little pleat for fullness.  Because a baby doesn't need to have all those gathers underneath them.  I think it's more comfortable.  

Yes, Baby will be well and smiling in garment made from Old Fashioned Baby patterns.

Sweet as can be!

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Featuring Smocked Baby Clothes

Above you see the Baby Dress in a soft pink fabric

I am featuring my pattern Smocked Baby Clothes this week.

This pattern buttons down the front. 

 The dress has puffed sleeves with optional lace on either side of the front placket as well as lace on the lower skirt.

I went to visit Brenda and Lacie at It's Sew Heavenly recently and she had a little pink  Smocked Baby Clothes Dress in progress. 

Click to enlarge for more detail.

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Smocked Dresses: A Paris Flea Market

I love the smocking on this little yoke dress.

The Paris Flea market I went to  had several smocked garments.

Wonderful smocked scallops.  Gorgeous!

This is my favorite of all. 

More ….Blue and White.   

Who can resist?

And finally a little pink.

It was a lovely day!

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Miss January!!

Flat Baby Betsy is Miss January!!

Doesn't she look surprised?

To find out more about Flat Baby Betsy...go HERE.

Here she is up on her lofty perch.

Her outfit for January is the Daygown from Smocked Baby Clothes.  It's made out of yummy Swiss Flannel to keep her toasty warm.

The sleeves are so cute.  

Just the right amount of gathers.  And Smocked at the wrist.  Smocking is the most beautiful way to gather fabric!

I smocked them with two rows of Cable stitch.

Then added a Rosebud.

The gown is Smocked with the old fashioned Honeycomb stitch.  And notice how I finished the yoke where it meets the Smocking.  No piping, instead, I inserted lace edging.

The front facing is edged with lace and I stitched embroidery between the buttonholes. If you notice how the floss has a bit of a sheen, it's because I used silk embroidery floss.

Look at the narrow lace edging.  I think one mistake people often make when sewing baby clothes is to use lace that is too wide.  I usually use an edging that is 1/4" to 3/8".  Sometimes a wider lace looks good, especially on dresses or Christening gowns.  But most Daygowns need a narrow lace.

I wanted to show you the facing at the hem.  Often we are wondering what to do with the lace at the lower edge.  Here, I continued the lace edging all the way to the bottom of the un-finished hem.

Then I turned it under and finished the hem.  

So, you notice that there are two layers of lace edging on the  outside of the facing.

Sometimes I will leave the lace un-gathered where the hem is turned under to reduce lace bulk but I rarely remember to do it.

I like it!

I am joining the Pink Saturday group (How Sweet The Sound)..

and continuing to try to simplify my life by doing "one thing at a time"!!

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