I actually made this over a month ago believe it or not, but I can’t get a photograph of her wearing it because she wears it so often it’s never clean! Using this pattern I made this pinafore-come-smock for Erica as you can see. Now – I had a few problems with this which I’ll share.
1. This is a vintage US pattern. Both vintage and US sized items usually run small for my kids and this pattern was no exception. It fit Alicia’s daughter at almost a 2T size but was so neat on Erica I had to add snaps to the straps to fasten them instead of tying.
2. I thought the smocket looked really cute in the illustrative pictures but when Erica tried it on I didn’t love it. It’s about 3 inches too long in the front, and the back criss-crosses at such a height that she can’t wear it without leggings/tights and a top underneath.
On the plus side, it’s so easy to put together that the things which annoyed me could simply be remedied by raising the hem, lengthening the straps and adding some width. I made it with cream babycord on one side and a polkadot cotton on the other which worked really well. One I’ll definitely attempt again 
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This post was written by Vonnie on July 27, 2009
It is really cute tho. Plus I think the snaps make it sit neater in the shoulder.
Sewing patterns in the US run small in general even now. When I actually sew, I have to go up several sizes for my rail-thin kids.
http://www.folksy.com/items/335689-Girl-s-Traditional-Smock-Reversible
^I KNEW I’d seen these somewhere before! I actually quite fancy one in a grown up size, I like the criss cross over the back….would you be interested in a commission once I get some pennies? I’ll probably have a go at a modified version myself but I already know that’s going to be disastrous.