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06-15-2012, 09:50 AM

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Mariposa

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Fantastic dress, and darling GD!

06-15-2012, 10:41 AM

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ziegamomma

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The dress and your GD are both adorable. Sigh, only grandsons in my life.

06-15-2012, 11:48 AM

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nanna-up-north

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Originally Posted by mom-6

What an adorable little one and such a lovely dress! I learned how to do smocking when DD was little. There were so many cute patterns! Do you have a pleater, or do you do it with the transfer dots? The favorite one I made DD was one on fabric with tiny polka dots that I just used the dots of the fabric to do my pleating. Wish I knew what happened to my pleater...guess it went the way of the many things that were lost when our house burned a dozen years ago.

I'm sorry to hear that you lost your pleater. I bought mine on eBay when I started learning to smock. I was living in NC at the time and there were places that I could get things pleated but I knew that when I went back to Michigan I wouldn't be able to find anyone to do it. So I bought one. Now that I've said that, someone will come back and say that they live in Michigan and smock. I just don't know anyone here that does it. It's pretty popular in the South... like where you are in Texas.

06-15-2012, 12:28 PM

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ShirlR

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Oh My! Such a beautiful, beautiful little dress! The ruffles on the back just set it off. I love how the colors of the dress and the birthday cake and cupcakes match. These pictures are just precious. Thank you for sharing!

06-15-2012, 12:54 PM

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Lyncat

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That is just adorable. She is a lucky little girl to have someone like you to love her.

06-15-2012, 02:29 PM

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KyKaren1949

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Adorable!!! Your great-granddaughter is precious! What a gorgeous dress you made for her and I know you must be thrilled to get to be there for two special occasions.