Friday, February 27, 2009

A Smocked Baby Bonnet

So a friend of mine is having her first, a little girl, and I thought I would try my hand at a smocked bonnet. So we got out mom's new machine and christened it with pleating this bonnet as it's first project. I took a bunch of shots just cause I couldn't tell what would turn out. I tried getting some up close shots of the detail work. Mom suggested doing the white on white design so I did. Since I wasn't doing a dress for her making it mainly white would help it go with more outfits. I used the baby doll as my model, lol. :) And I still had some of those lavender ribbon roses that I got back when Charis was born so I used those in place of a ribbon rosette at the neck ribbons. My friend's favorite color is green so I made the drawstring ribbon in the back green and she absolutely loved it!



Well, I hope you all have a lovely weekend! And if you're in FL I hope you are enjoying this gorgeous weather as much as we are! :)



































7 comments:

Ruth Ann said...

::sigh:: that's adorable Jenifer. You want to put that on your list to make one for me like that "one day"?? It's breaking my heart...just kidding. I absolutely love it, I really do *need* one of these. :)

ps: I'm guessing it must be for Priscilla?

Charles said...

Oh, I'll definitely make ya one and yes, it was for Priscilla, she really did like it. :)

Unknown said...

That's really sweet Jenifer. You did a great job. So, now you enter the world of smocking... looks so beautiful, just looks difficult to me. :)

Charles said...

Susan, it was a piece of cake compared to the girls Christmas dresses. It really is way easier to me than a lot of other things, my biggest thing was getting over the hump of not knowing how to do it. I am terrible at trying something new like that. But I really do love doing it. :)

McLanger said...

beautiful! You did a GREAT job!

BOWquet said...

That bonnet is even more gorgeous in person. You did a great job!

Kristin said...

That is just beautiful Jenifer!