When it comes to dressing up your baby, a smocked bishop can’t be beat! You’ll have to agree after seeing this sweet little girl in her yellow floral print bishop.
The term “bishop” refers to this particular style–a round yoke that is smocked the whole way around the neck of the dress. This is the best style for a small baby, and it is the only style of smocked dress that I have made so far for Aaliyah.
For this particular bishop, I used a 100% cotton floral print from the Moda fabric company.
Here’s a closeup of the smocking. I was all set to smock this dress in yellow when my sister advised me to smock it in blue so that the stitches would show up better. I’m glad I took her advice! I like the blue smocking on this dress. This photo was taken before I added the tiny white flowers in between the second and fourth rows of smocking.
I used a geometric smocking design based on the smocking plate “Kayla” by Terry Jane Collins.
This happy baby girl looks so beautiful in this little yellow dress!
I can’t resist showing you one more photo of her in her smocked baby bishop. These portraits were taken by and posted with permission from Stacie Miller Portrait Design.
If you have a special little lady in your life who needs a handsmocked dress, you can contact me for more information on my custom-made handsmocked children’s wear.
The girl and the dress are both lovely!
Thank you, Betty! I think so, too, especially the girl. 🙂
i am interested in a custom order. do you have additional fabrics. need something to coordinate with the picture at the link below (i ordered this dress in a short sleeve bishop for my two year old and want to buy a coordinating one for my 3 year old) see link below for fabric:
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Ashley, I do have additional fabrics, but I’m not sure if they would coordinate with the fabric in that dress. I won’t be online again until Sunday, and I will come back here then to give them more attention. Thank you for contacting me!
Ashley, I’m really sorry, but I’m not going to be able to take custom orders for smocked items at this time. Thanks for inquiring.