Applique Coverall with Zipper in Spring Sky Baby Brother

Applique Coverall with Zipper in Spring Sky Baby BrotherThe newest baby brother, on soft sky blue. The family just grew by one small, wonderful person, and his coverall says so. Stitched across the back flap in steel blue script over a pale sky blue ground: "BABY brother," edged in a deeper blue trim. It is the tenderest little headline for the newest arrival, cut for the early weeks when he is impossibly tiny and everyone is taking turns to hold him. The fabric is light and buttery against new skin, and

like a page from a daydreamy sketchbook

sunshine refusing to be dimmed by the weather

dressed down with cutoffs or tucked into a linen skirt for dinner out

The bamboo-blend fabric carries a soft

so it follows every move and never fights you

all googly eyes

the plaid lines crisscrossing with little pops of bright emerald where they meet

On a deep seagrass-teal ground

once it is draped over little shoulders

A lake-morning calm settles over this one: a misty dew-blue ground crossed with slim red paddles and tidy little canoes

the fleece reverse keeps the chill at bay through a lazy afternoon

A fuchsia this lively is less an outfit choice than a state of mind