When her own daughter was a toddler, illustrator and graphic designer Carol Seatory began making dresses for her from vintage and recycled fabrics. Carol now makes children's dresses for babies to five-year-olds under the label Atelier Bricolage.

These versatile dresses can be worn alone on warm days or over vests or tops on cooler days.

As the fabric is in limited supply, each dress is different and the fabric and trimmings have a history. The fabric is either deadstock (vintage but unused) or recycled from another garment. Most fabrics are cotton, cotton-linen mix or mixed fibres, there are no pure synthetics. All button trimmings are carefully chosen and are genuine vintage. If the fabric is deadstock it will be crisp and unwashed (but clean!); if it is recycled it will be throughly cleaned (using environmentally-friendly, non-biological detergent) and pressed before the garment is made. Each dress is carefully hand-made in a smoke-free environment.

A limited-edition range for babies of 3–12 months will be available soon from www.ecobtq.com