This
adorable baby
bishop is so very easy
to make!!
Stitch
your favorite bishop
pattern using the angel
sleeve version. Cut
the angel sleeve from
a piece of wide Swiss
embroidered trim,
placing the hemline of
the pattern at the
finished edge of the trim.
We've
found that many
trims are wide enough
for up to a size four and
require only about 1 yard
to 1 1/4 yards of trim
(measure your pattern
to be sure).
The fabric we've used
is Spechler-Vogel's Imperial microcheck
in light pink. The smocking plate uses the bottom rows from
"Elizabeth" by Ellen McCarn. This works best if
you smock
a smaller number of rows than usual to show off the
embroidered trim.