Lucy Jane's Blessing Gown

I smocked a bishop style blessing gown with a lace overlay.

The white fabric is cotton organdy and the ecru lace is swiss cotton.

I used pearl cotton thread, size 8 in white to smock and stitched little seed pearls in the middle of each diamond.

The sleeve edge is finished with swiss beaded lace, and entredeux.

1/4" silk satin double faced ribbon is woven through the beading.

The gathered scalloped lace is swiss cotton.

I wanted the focal point of the gown to be the collar, so I left the hem plain.

I sewed some entredeux along the hem and attached some swiss cotton lace.  

On the back of the gown close to the hem in the middle, I always embroider the baby's initials, with the family name initial in the middle.

I used DMC floche thread to shadow embroider the letters.

The idea is that when Lucy Jane has a daughter of her own, she will pass this blessing gown to her and embroider her baby girl's initials next to her own on the hem of the gown.

This will continue through the generations and there will be lots of initials embroidered on the hem :)

This is the yoke detail on the slip.

I think the swiss cotton lace is very delicate, it's also sewn along the hem.

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Lucy Jane's blessing is next Sunday, I can hardly wait to see how cute and adorable she will look on her special day!

I will definetly share some photos of Lucy Jane in her gown and bonnet with you :)

Pleating and Smocking

I have a lot of projects going on right now, but one of the most important is a blessing gown, slip and bonnet for Miss Lucy Jane.
This is the bonnet with the pleating threads.
I'm sewing the ecru lace onto the white cotton organdy.

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I love how delicate and old fashioned looking the lace and bonnet fabric are.

I pleated the bishop neckline of the gown with a swiss lace overlay.
I'm going to smock it with white ribbon.

These are the laces that I'm going to use...
The swiss lace 2nd from the left goes on the edge of the sleeve, with the lace to it's right, gathered and sewn to the bottom.
I have silk satin ribbon that will run through the eyelet holes.
The entredeux on the left goes on the bottom of the dress.  
The scalloped lace will be gathered and sewn on the hem.
The white lace on the right will be sewn to the hem of the slip.

Won't little Lucy Jane look sweet on her blessing day?
More photos to come....