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Smocking books offer an excellent medium with which you can add to or improve your smocking skills. Listed below are books that will amaze, inspire and stimulate your creativity and enhance your smocking experience!
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A-Z of Smocking: by the publishers of AS&E Magazine. THE WORLD OF SMOCKING IS A WORLD OF ENCHANTMENT. The A-Z of smocking is designed to reveal every secret and answer every question you have on this timeless art. Over a thousand step-by-step photographs bring smocking within the reach of anyone who can thread a needle. The book will teach you how to work the stitches, read graphs and select colors, fabric and threads. It will show you how to pleat and block a garment, give advice on different techniques such as ribbon weaving, counterchange, template and freeform smocking and much more. It is bursting with hints, ideas and inspirational photographs which will unleash your creativity. This comprehensive manual is presented in the same way as the ever popular A-Z of Bullions and the top selling A-Z of Embroidery stitches. 128 pages of smocking heaven. |
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A-Z of Sewing by Inspirations Books The smocking is finished and looks fabulous. What do you do now? Let us lead you through every step of turning your gorgeous smocked design into a piece of wearable art or a family heirloom. Everything you need to know for Turning your smocked dress into an heirloom. Over 580 superb step-by-step colour photographs. Packed with easy to follow instructions and fabulous tips from the experts on finishing touches for sleeves, collars & hems. This book is a must for anyone in love with fabric, smocking or sewing. A perfect companion to the A-Z of Smocking. |
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Ellen McCarn on English Smocking: English Smocking is a needle art that has been handed down through the ages. Although it might appear to be quite intricate and involved, the smocking procedure is very simple. Garments can be enhanced by working the various embroidery stitches on successive surfaces of parallel, equal pleats using smocking techniques. By learning the terminology and following these simple outlined directions, you too can create heirlooms and carry on a tradition that has been enjoyed for generations.
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The Joy of Smocking: by Martha Pullen, Ph.D. The Joy of Smocking is intended to be just that-a book of instructions written so clearly and simply that smocking will indeed be a joy to learn! In planning this book, I wanted to be very thorough about pleating instructions, geometric instructions, and "other stitch" instructions such as feather stitch, Van Dyke, honeycomb, herringbone, closed herringbone, chain stitch, French knots, bullion rosebuds, and two silk ribbon stitches. After the idea for a new smocking book crystalized, I knew that I wanted EASY picture smocking directions to be included. There's excellent illustrations, concise and simple picture smocking instructions for you.
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by Ellen McCarn. |
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by Cheryl Lohmann. Featuring the Cheryl Lohmann Collection. |
