Smocking

Learn how to do arrow smocking with this arrow smocking tutorial from Debbie Shore

I have sewn tons of garments for my daughter, from teeny tiny rompers to delicate…

Learn unique techniques that will enhance your next quilt! These vintage sewing techniques will raise the surface of your quilt and truly impress. We’ll learn heirloom smocking techniques, t…

Smocking is such a lovely technique and looks fantastic on clothing and really good on pillows as well. The amazing thing that I recently found out was that smocking was really not hard at all with simple instructions. When I saw this video tutorial by Professor Pincushion on how to do a basic honeycomb smocking,

Contrast stitching highlights the off-the-shoulder, smocked bodice of this statement-sleeve top that was featured on the label's 'Septem Flores' runway.15 1/2" Center front length (Size 8) Off-the-shoulder neck Long sleeves with French cuffs 100% cotton Dry clean Made in Italy Designer Clothing Item #10179738

Israeli designer Tamara Efrat has combined traditional smocking embroidery with computational algorithms to create the Crafted Technology collection of bags

Ivory pleated blouse with a V-shaped smocked bib at the bustline front, back, and shoulder caps. High necked self-ruffled released pleat collar with interior braid, peplum waistband, set in Elizabethan shaped sleeves with graduated puffs stitched down by narrow rows of smocking stitches; with silk gauze cuff ruffle and self covered flat buttons with figure eight loop closures down the center front. Labeled: "Liberty & Co./Artistic and Historic Costume Studio/222 Regent St. W." Labeled…

There’s something about smocking that seems to strike fear into the hearts of even fairly adventurous sewists. My very first blog post ever was about a smocked dress. I managed to inspire one…