Ingredients 125 g/4 and a half oz butter + a little for greasing 200g/soft light brown sugar 3 large eggs, lightly beaten 125g/ 4 & a half oz plain white flour 125g/ 4 & a half oz plain wholemeal flour 1 tsp baking powder 100g/3 & a half oz glacé cherries 85 g/3 oz ground […]

I embroidered this dress in a style inspired by English smock embroidery but I have not used smocking in the sense of  the sewing together of little pleats with honeycomb stitching. The traditional worker’s smock had far more embroidery than just that done on the gathered section of the back and front and it was […]