Gail doane

If you read my last post , then you are probably anxiously awaiting my report from my 3-days of sewing bliss with Gail Doane! First of all, ...

Published four times a year, each issue features beautiful patterns for childrens garments, casual pieces, gifts, and projects galore.

Gail Doane on Instagram: "A tone on tone ecru dotted Swiss portrait dress for a wee princess. The ‘plain’ nature of the dress lets the child shine. The simple smocking design provides the perfect palette to include tiny mother of pearl buttons (which I am guilty of hoarding). If you have a treasured button collection….consider taking it out of hiding and find a place to include it in a special heirloom project!"

Traditional Smocked Yoke Dress offers much more than just a pattern and instructions for making a smocked dress. The dress pattern for this course includes, 3 sleeve variations, 2 yoke variations, 2 collar variations, 5 smocking plates and is available in 8 sizes.

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The four piece set includes a fully lined wrap front jacket, smocked A-line dress, smocked swing top, and reversible pant. This mix and match set features hand embroidery, smocking, piping, turned bias trim, French bias binding and fine finish construction. The white cotton pique jacket is fully lined and embellished with cast-on stitch, blanket stitch and French knot embroidery. All the edges are finished with piping and a French bias binding. The button down the back A-line dress is…

Is it counterchange smocking or surface honeycomb smocking? Why, it’s a combination of both with beads added to the mix! Gail Doane has cleverly combined these two age-old smocking stitches to create The Lilyana Dress. The evenly spaced tone-on-tone vertical stripes of the Swiss dimity voile provide the perfect pallet for this counterchange variation. To […]

I have had many requests for kits for the 'Sweetheart' project that was featured on the cover of the Australian edition of 'Cute As a Button' which is the EXACT same book as the American edition titled 'Sew Cute Couture". Believe me.... I know it's all a bit confusing. Unfortunately both titles are now out of print and can be a bit tricky to find at a reasonable price. If you happen to know of a good source that still has them please let me know. The jacket for the original 'Sweetheart '…

Enjoy Gail Doane's guide to creating beautiful, bulk-free bias neckbands, plus learn more about her Lacy Block Yoke Dress and love of PFAFF® machines.