Blue hand made rectangular bib with traditional multi-colored Cretan ship. White wave patterns. White ribbon strap. Ship is multi-colored with white wave patterns. There is a white zigzag line around the design. The ship has a pink base, folowed by a checkered blue body. There are three tall white masts and two shorter ones. The tall masts each have a flag. There are two pink flags with a blue flag in the middle. The shorter masts have blue flags, and are linked to the mast in front of them by three green lines. The back of the ship has a pink rectangle with an outline in white that looks like a tree with green in the middle. The entire ship is outlined in white. There is a white zigzag line at the bottom of the bib.

The baby things were designed and embroidered by Evangelia Hadzisteliou, who was born in Smyrna in 1898. She fled to Athens with her family, escaping the Turks in the burning of Smyrna in 1922. She had a son in 1934 and a daughter (Theodora) in 1938. She died in Athens in 1978. She was a talented painter and embroidery designer, and worked as such in Athens, supporting her whole family, and putting her older brother through medical school. She was the oldest of four, with three younger brothers. The baby items were worn by the donor, her brothers and sisters, and her two sons, Morgan Nicholas and Alkes.She married in 1932, and some of her handmade items were a part of her dowry.

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