Smock Dress

When Little Miss Lucy Lu was born my girlfriend made and sent her the cutest little smock. Paired with a onesie and pants it's a darling top, but my fave is with a onesie and babylegs as a sassy little dress. ( I can just picture it a bit bigger with bloomers for a summer dress.)

This last week a girlfriend had a beautiful little baby girl and I decided a smock was in need, so searching for a pattern I went, and, finally, found one.

http://www.themayfly.com/weblog/smock_pattern.pdf

Next, off to the fabric store I went for some fun fabric and a contrasting back (although the smock is reversible I always tend to have the pattern on the outside). And finally, down I sat at my grandmothers ancient sewing machine (I'm not a sewer so for anything I do this, too, must do.)

And an hour later ...

(I'm more into the sixties patterns but, hey, polka dots, stripes, flowers, you name it, it could be done.)