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