Here is the smocking design that I promised to share! It is a beginner level design with basic cables, waves, and trellises. The bishop design. Row 1: Cable Stitch Rows 1 1/2 - 3: Three rows of half row, Baby Waves Row 3: Baby Wave, 3 step Wave Trellis Row 4 - 5 1/2: 5 step Wave Trellis Row 4 1/2 - 6: 5 step Wave Trellis The sleeve design. Rows 1 1/2 - 3: 3 rows of Baby Waves To view a printable version, click here. If you need a good reference book to help you get started smocking, my…

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In celebration of National Sewing Month, Sew Beautiful is giving away a free design every day. Here is today's design, a picture...

This design first appeared in SB Issue #100. Picture smocking is a great way to add both style and personality to a child's garment. ...

This summer has been packed with fun with my Grands! The house is quite....too quite....and I need to get busy working through designs that are long overdue. In doing this, I'm amazed that I was able to get things done twenty years ago in record time that take me FOREVER today! That being said, I've had a productive few days working out the "kinks" in the revision of my Cinderella design. Who would have thought that putting Cinderella "in the coach" would be so tricky. I'm not complaining…

A step by step guide explaining how to read a smocking graph.

Freezer paper can be a magic tool in the sewing room. It can be used for templates, it can be temporarily ironed onto fabric as a stabilizer, and it leaves no

December is just around the corner and Thanksgiving is only days away! Little ones in picture smocked outfits for Christmas are so adorable. Here is a round-up of free Christmas smocking designs with all the links updated.

Okay, Lets dissect a picture smocking plate and take the mystery out of it. This is a picture of the smocking plate that has been m...

This is for those that have so graciously asked many times about my Cinderella Design plate. As I do know that the original design will ...