I tend to do it the DIY way, marking out the dots on the reverse with tailors chalk. Obviously this takes a lot longer, but hey, you know me, laborious, time consuming, I love it!
Then it all has to be stitched with running stitch through the dots before drawing it up tight and embellishing the front. I love how this looks when it is done. This piece is just a sample but when the panel of text is put through this process, embellished and the ties removed, trust me, it will look divine.
If everything goes to plan I should have this completed before the weekend is over. I then intend to do a few things for the shop. My purses have sold out which I am delighted about and I have ordered more purse frames to replace the stock. There is also a tiny germ of an idea growing in my head, I hope to have more on that soon.
2 comments:
Thank you for sharing this. It's a great introduction to smocking. I love learning about new products but also love seeing it done more traditionally. Your posts are wonderful.
These pictures reminded me of a dress I made for my daughter when she was little. I think it was my mother's unfinished project intended for my elder sister, and I did the smocking in front and put the dress together. It was a plaid fabric so I didn't need to mark the dots, and it was a very little dress.
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