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Smocking is a great decorative feature and makes a great gift for a little dress for a baby, for making pillow designs, or anywhere else you may wish to use it. Read on to learn how to make...
Smocking, a type of embroidery that allows a garment to stretch, was invented hundreds of years ago as both a practical and decorative technique. Although today, traditional smocking has largely...
Smocking is seen on dresses, skirts, shirts and many other items. Smocking uses embroidery stitches to hold gathered cloth in even folds. With a litle instruction you can soon be applying your...
The cable stitch is great when working with smocking. The cable stitch creates a series of stitches that resemble the horizontal etch lines of brickwork. Stitches should be kept even and straight...
Smocking is a beautiful sewing technique found in heirloom children's clothing. It involves gathering the fabric in uniform pleats and then hand sewing a design on the tops of the pleats with...
A simple strapless dress is a comfortable and cool solution to hot summer weekends. Lightweight fabrics and quick construction allow you to make easy strapless dresses that are ideal for a day at...
Smocking is a way of gathering material and then embroidering over the gathers. It is decorative for baby girl dresses or for a billowy summer top. It does take some practice to get the various...
Modern smocks are loosefitting, protective garments worn over other clothes while working in messy situations. They are usually lightweight, cover most or all of the body from neck to knees and...
Smocking is, essentially, embroidery on pleated fabric. The stitches are worked over the top third of each pleat, allowing the pleating to retain some amount of elasticity. Both traditional...
Smocked ornaments are a lovely home accent, excellent practice piece and a beautiful holiday gift. Smocking, or hand embroidery on pleated fabric, is often used for heirloom garments but can also...
Make a tee shirt with a smocked insert to create a unique fashion for your daughter to wear to school. The smocked tee will be charming, and an original design that combines old fashioned smocking...
Pillows add interest and dimension to your living room couch, chairs or bedroom. Decorative pillows can be created in a variety of styles that range from plain fabric, to ruffled edges and...
Smocking, or shirring, is a sewing technique that creates stretchy fabric through gathers. You can smock fabric on your sewing machine using elastic thread. The smocked section of fabric will be...
Smocking pillows will give a plain piece of fabric some dimension and can be used in the bedroom or living room. Smocked pillows look good displayed alone, in a group of other smocked pillows or...
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