Progress on Summer Garden Dress

At last I am done with the smocking and embroidery for the shaped yoke area of my heirloom Summer Garden dress.

Now I'm ready to move on to some hand embroidery of the collar.

This project is moving slowly like my couture sewing for my jacket I made recently.  One thing is for sure.  Couture and heirloom sewing are not to be rushed.  But it's very rewarding, in my opinion, to learn these more advanced sewing techniques.

Here's a picture of my smocking and embroidery work on the yoke area:

Thanks for reading along.

Marla

Smocking Complete on Summer Garden Heirloom Dress

I just finished the smocking on my Summer Garden Heirloom Dress.  Next is some embroidery on the smocking.  I have to learn how to make bullions and cast-on stitch daisies.  My first hurdle will be learning the stitches without pricking my fingers with the needle! ;)

Here's a picture of the completed smocking.  It might look a little weird right now, but will look different once the embroidery is complete.

Another Smocking Update

Here's another quick update on my heirloom project.  It's going slowly but surely between work on our house.

Here's a picture of the right side of the bodice area of the dress.  I'm a little over halfway done with the smocking.  Once I complete the smocking there are bullion flowers to embroider in various places on the smocking.

I'm actually a little further along since I took this picture.  The two-step trellis row I'm working on here is complete and I have another two-step trellis row like it done in blue.

Thanks for reading,

Marla