Playful Puppies

Smocking is my new favorite pass time.  I've now smocked two plates for my sweet baby.  I'll start my third tomorrow....

(The first outfit I smocked for him.)

Fortunately for me, I have a master seamstress for a mom who can sew these plates into outfits.  While we worked on this most recent outfit, I watched almost the whole time.  With the next one, I hope to do most of the sewing myself.

The smocking itself is easy really, if you can follow the instructions.  It's mainly a lot of counting and lining up stitches with other rows of stitching.  This plate was more complicated than my first one.  Having two toned puppy dogs meant I had to juggle two separate flosses at the same time.  It wasn't too bad, though, and I only had to take out stitches occasionally.  

I completed these playful puppies while listening to a few of my lectures for the Bible classes I'm taking. More difficult plates are in order now because I'm afraid I can smock faster than Mom can find time to help me sew outfits! 

Must learn to sew for real.

Aren't they cute?!

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Now they are in an outfit...

...Ready for an adorable baby boy...

...Found one!

Um, yeah, I could eat him.

~Abby