Once upon a time on a warm evening in May six old friends went to a lovely dinner party at a big old Victorian house in a little village in New Brunswick.

What’s that got to do with Cutest one of all, you may ask? 

Well, between the stir fry and melt in your mouth not too sweet and not gooey at all meringues, one of the guests mentioned how difficult it was to find pretty garments that were well made and would properly fit his oddly shaped frame. A spirited discussion followed throughout desert which is actually a very good time to have interesting discussions.

He of the oddly shaped frame looked at Harriet, who sews well and enjoys the company of several adult babies. Waving a big meringue in the air to accentuate his point, he declared that it would be nice if Harriet could think about making garments for Adult babies, particularly those of the oddly shaped persuasion.

Harriet gave the idea  a fair bit of thought over the next few days.  Yes she could sew. But could she handle all the design work she'd be looking at?

As things sometimes happen, an unexpected phone call from an old friend took that conversation from the “wouldn’t it be nice if” idea stage to a reality. A week after that call Miss Sutherland settled into rooms in this extraordinary old Victorian house- 2 for her, one for her new workshop. A rather amazing sewing machine and serger made their way from the cavernous trunk of Miss S.’s car  to a place by a window with a really pretty view in the workroom. “As it should be” says Miss S.  A “respectable” kettle (I didn’t know you could spend that much on a kettle) made its way to the stove.

I actually arrived about a week later and settled in to my rooms at the back of the house. That was about three days after I had mentioned to Harriet that I was looking for work that I knew how to do and a spot to stay. I had been to the house a few times and really liked it.

So here we are- Miss Sutherland, Harriet and me.

Miss Sutherland sees the garments she makes as a mixture of thought, a bit of whimsy, really nice fabric and picky workmanship (or workpersonship as Miss S. is fond of saying, although she is not generally a stickler for political correctness).

Have I ever told you that the best sound system in the house is in her workroom? I'm not sure how that happened.

Miss S. is actually a really nice lady who takes great care in her work because she knows how each garment she makes will become a treasured part of someone's wardrobe, or the wardrobe of someone they care about. For that reason, she really enjoys her job.

She draws a lot of her ideas from Vintage Children's patterns from the 1940s and 50s as well as e-mails and notes she gets from our customers and friends.

Please feel free to e-mail us with any questions you might have. If they're specifically about the clothing, we'll make sure that it gets to Miss Sutherland as quickly as possible. She generally looks at e-mails once or twice a day, although she does take part of Thursday afternoons off. We're not quite sure why. We've got some theories but still lack the courage to ask her. We have however come close a couple of times.

Questions about shipping and payment go to Gerald (me).  I'll likely get back to you fairly quickly, usually within a few hours