Patience is all about summer sunshine and flowers, flowers everywhere.  Doesn’t she look all bright and happy and ready to make you smile?

Patience saw the shrug that I made for Talyssa and Gina; she suggested that I make her one as well to complete this ensemble.  Patience’s lace shrug is in buttercup yellow bamboo.  Yes, this is the discontinued yellow bamboo that I have a very limited supply of, but it worked perfectly with this dress.

Here’s a close up of the hand beaded tuck on the hemline.  The bright yellow seed beads brought out the tiny bit of yellow in the print nicely.

I love Patience in hats.  This one is crocheted with three strands of cotton in two different weights of thread.  The brim can be turned up, down, or a bit of both.  The band matches the dress.  I “free hand” crocheted (no pattern) the flower to coordinate with the shapes on the dress.  It is a cup shape and filled with yellow beads for the stamens and has a curly apple green stem.

The elbow length shrug falls just above the ribbon bow in the back.

For more information on Patience’s “Sunshine & Posies” ensemble, please visit my “Available for Sale” page on cindyricedesigns.com .