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SMOCKING STITCHES
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and was commonly used in garments where buttons were
undesirable. The fabric was gathered or pleated and the
gathers were then held in place by different types of stitches.
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weight fabric, that is already pleated and decorate it with the
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result imitates hand smocking as it was made hundreds of
years ago.
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pleated fabric, using one of the pleating threads as a
guideline to keep stitching row straight.
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smocking stitch.
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additional row of smocking.
4. Continue decorating the fabric.
Light Weight fabric and any of the smock stitches
