English smocking patterns

Girls Smocking Dresses Japanese Craft Book by PinkNelie on Etsy:

Smocks have a long and diverse history. This exhibition will explore some of the sixty-three smocks held in the MERL's collection

Smocking was a part of traditional dress long before it became associated with clothes for children. However, as a way of expressing devotion through hand sewing, smocking patterns like these remained popular: most of these patterns were featured in the McCall Needlework catalogs year after year. McCall 692 is one of the few patterns that…

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This video tutorial shows how to hand pleat fabric for smocking and provides several reasons why you may choose to hand pleat.

Easy ways to add a smocked ruffle to your next sewing creation.

OK, it's time to finish Mary De. In my last post we finished by drawing in the armhole curve and pulling the gathering thread to the inside ...

Posts about Fabric Manipulation written by Ruth Singer

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Eshyah Ogen on Instagram: "Tap for a history lesson 👇 Smocking is an old English technique that was developed around the 15th century. Originally, it was used as a practical stitch to give structure and elasticity to the simple-cut, woven garments of the period, as well as giving labour workers better movement in their clothes. The name Smock comes from the garments it was used on, and thus the name stuck with the stitch. Later, smocking acquired a more decorative nature, on cuffs, neck…

McCarn Enterprises has become the standard of excellence for creative needlework. This growing collection consists of 251 published plates and several instruction booklets. All are in full color with easy-to-follow designs, graphs and directions. The line also includes a collection of the most popular patterns on the market today, including the Ultimate Bishop and Ultimate Yoke dress patterns.

Smocking is such a lovely technique and looks fantastic on clothing and really good on pillows as well. The amazing

Have you always wanted to learn to smock? Take the guesswork out of it with this Beginning Smocking book. 6 different geometric smocking stitches as well as a few embroidery stitches for embellishment are covered in this booklet to give you a great start on learning how to smock! Lots of detailed pictures of the step by step stitches are included. Also included is the smocking design shown on the cover of the book. A simple change of colors and the design will work for a boy as well as girl…

Smocking is done by using small stitches to gather fabric in a pattern. You can use it to create little rows of pretty pleats with colorful stitching, the perfect detail for a child's dress or the bodice of a blouse. See Step 1 to learn a...

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