Picking floss colors is usually a fun part of the creative process for starting a new smocking design, but when working on a print, it can sometimes be a challenge! You would think it would be simple - just pull colors from the print and you are good to go! But often it isn't that simple, you pick colors, start smocking and find that all your hard work is just disappearing into the print - the goal is to see the smocking! Of course, the smocking should be part of creating a b

I was supposed to get this dress done so my good friends could take it with them as they headed south for a vacation with their son, daughter-in-law and new grand daughter Adelyn. The good news is that the dress is done. The bad news is that I am going to have to ship it! The pattern is Gail Doane's bishop dress from her book, Cute as a Button. Any basic bishop pattern will do. Although it takes quite a bit of extras fabric, I do love the hem pleat in this pattern; it gives w