Gone Smocking!

On a recent trip to Saumur we noticed a quaint old shop selling a mixture of children's clothes, haberdashery, embroidery and collectable thimbles.

What caught my eye was the price of the little girl's smocked dresses. (The first one is 138 euros and the second 122 euros).

I've recently taken to doing a bit of smocking just for amusement and I've several pieces of fabric, smocked and ready to make up into something or other.. in fact, probably little girl's dresses...
 
After seeing these....

I think I might just show a little more respect to the work I've done:

And get it made up and on sale!