Kylie looks like a precious little pioneer baby! This is Kylie's family :). My son Addison, my daughter in law Mabulane, and her...

I embroidered Kylie's initials onto the back hem of her dress.  I used a shadow embroidery technique.   You embroider in such a way...

What is a gorgeous gown without a slip? Here is a closeup of the yoke. I used insertion lace and added three pin tucks on each si...

I sewed the hem on Kylie's blessing gown, all 90" of it. I sewed little seed pearls onto the smocked yoke. Voila...

I finished the sleeves, and am really pleased with them. This is the first time I haven't used beading for the band.   I thread sil...

This is the sleeve with lace insertions and pin tucks. I added entredeux (French for between two) to both sides of the lace inserti...

I finished smocking the blessing gown yoke. The dress is smocked from the shoulder, to the empire waist. Little diamonds, smocked with ...