A dress

My "aunt" Anne made this smocked dress for Saylor and it is so special to me for many reasons... First, Anne and her family were our neighbors (next door) in Mobile when I was born. So I saw them everyday, swam in their pool, let myself in to get cookies as needed.... They were as close to me In eyes as my immediate family! She made me one when I was a little bit bigger than Saylor that is very similar. It is a dying art and we will always treasure it (and mine that I still have hanging in her closet!). The hands that made it are warm and familiar and made more of an impression on my life than she will ever know!