The dress is badly wrinkled, I know, I know. But it was finished just this afternoon, popped over dgd Laurel’s sweet head in the church parking lot, worn to the pot luck supper for VBS and then worn home–lots of good reasons to be wrinkled. When I asked her to let me take a few pictures, she replied, “Please hurry, Nana! We’re going for a night swim!”  So there you have it–this was the best I could do. Please imagine it freshly pressed, as it was before the church supper.
All About Blanks carries these 60% ramie/40% cotton dresses ($24) and they are wonderful. There is a double row of drawn thread work at the hemline while the neck and armscyses are bound with self bias. They come in white and pink sizes 12M to 6, though currently many sizes are temporarily out of stock. It also comes in yellow dotted Swiss ($28) but only up to size 4.  Note that they run almost a size large. Eight year old Laurel is on the small side of average and wears this 6 quite comfortably. I made up a white one last year (size 5) that she can still wear.
Now about the embroidery, about which I am pretty pleased. Continue reading
