Roberta Jones
Smocking Tutorial
Discover how to create beautiful smocking designs with this easy-to-follow tutorial. Get started today and add a touch of elegance to your sewing projects.
Shirring is an old technique, I know. (Shirring and smocking aren’t actually originally done with elastic…..but it sure makes things easier. And faster.) Sometimes I assume everyone knows how to do it. But then I get another email asking how to shir (or smock) fabric. So it reminds me I shouldn’t assume…………..because it is …
Hanan Abdelaziz
Learn how to do smocking with easy photos and instructions. Learn pleating for smocking & embroidery stitches. Easy tutorial for beginners.
Darlene Jeffares
Learn machine smocking techniques you can do with your sewing machine in this expert guide from Lorna Knight.
Leeza Shcherba
Okay... here we go... let’s smock! This is part 2 of my pleating and smocking tutorial. Part 1, which explains how to hand-pleat fabric, can be found here. Smocking is very simple once you get a few basic rules straight....
Lori Skinner
Haute couture for a baby? It feels alike. Just kidding. In a way it`s like yoga for me. I love hand embroidering. It`s so meditative. The same stitches over and over again, while you let your thoug…
Deborah Dearing
lee watkins
Bobbie
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...
Mary
Learn how to use elastic thread to make your own smocked fabric! It's easy to do, and smocked fabric makes adorable dresses + skirts.
Sharon Norris