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Smocking: The Wave Stitch
Hopefully by now, you have practiced your cable stitch and have been bitten by the “smocking bug”! Today, we will be discussing another stitch used in smocking . . . THE WAVE STITCH . . . bringing our...
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Smocking: The Trellis Stitch
Now that you have learned about the cable stitch and wave stitch, it’s time to learn the third smocking stitch: THE TRELLIS STITCH! And, since MOST smocking is comprised of ONLY these three stitches in...
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Smocking: Inspiration for You
Who doesn’t love a bit of inspiration? Today, we are going to be sharing smocking inspiration that spans the gamut from traditional, English smocking to more modern techniques. But first, we have a few...
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Tales of…THE BIN {A Cinderella Dress}
Recently, we started doing some “Tales of…THE BIN” posts. In the first one, we mentioned a particular photo shoot “emergency” and how we went to “the bin” to solve the problem. And, here is the dress...
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Hand Embroidery: The Basics
Last week, we did something that stretched us . . . . WAAAAYYYY out of our “comfort zones”! We “taught” a class at our local Agriplex on “Hand Embroidery: The Basics” {for their “Heritage Skills”...
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Hand Embroidery: Inspiration
It’s no secret that we LOVE hand embroidery!! When we stop to THINK about it, we like it in all fashions, shapes, and forms. . . From “old school” forms . . . To a more “modern approach” . . . From a...
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“My Pretty Blue Dress” {per CL}
This child! She’s only been talking about “my pretty blue dress” {pattern: Trudy Horne‘s Shoulder Button Bishop, Creative Needle} for months now . . . You see, we asked her to try it on prior to...
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Twinkle Toes {Australian Smocking & Embroidery}
It’s a far cry from perfect, but if the house were on fire and everyone {as well as photographs} were safe, I’d grab this creation and run! Maybe it is the fact that it was intended to be LG’s Easter...
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Tales of . . .THE BIN {Hanna’s Sundress}
Don’t you just love it when you find a gem? A treasure? Something similar happened to us recently. We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE what we discovered in THE BIN . . . waiting to be worn! While it isn’t to say we...
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Tales from . . . THE BIN {Heirloom Dress}
Here’s another gem from the bin! It’s an heirloom dress that Ashley sewed many, many years ago. A light pink dress with beautiful lace trim on the hemline, as well as around the collar area. EA truly...
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An Heirloom Easter Dress
Some sewing projects are like a marathon. You train / practice . . . not to win, but to finish. You may strive for a personal best time, knowing it isn’t necessarily going to be perfection. Ultimately,...
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Because Everyone Shares Easter Dresses in September
This spring, we were consumed. Consumed by Easter sewing . . . for all three nieces. Two dresses made the Easter “deadline”. One did not. This dress WAS completed by Easter {along with her older...
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A Final Easter Dress for 2017
Anyone else feeling the strain of Easter rapidly approaching?? And, since many sewists are frantically working on sewing / completing that special Easter garment, we thought: What better time to share...
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Tales from the Bin: The Yoke Dress
It has been a while since we have shown a “Tale from the Bin” . . .garments that were sewn well before our nieces were born, and ones that were sewn as we were learning various heirloom techniques to...
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Meant for Mint
We took a shortcut. Time was of the essence. Our oldest niece, EA, still loves to wear “fancy dresses” {ie: the ones with smocking and/or lace}! We aren’t exactly sure when that will change . . .but...
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A Children’s Corner, Lee with Scottie Dogs
This dress is one that could definitely be qualified as a “TEAM EFFORT.” And, one with two shortcuts. . . Our first shortcut was having the dress constructed prior to smocking. A Children’s Corner, Lee...
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Sewing for Disney: Rapunzel {take 2}
We thought a good place to start this round of “Sewing for Disney” was with the four characters that were revisited! That’s right!! Four of the original characters sewn were requested once again for...
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Easter Sewing 2018: Children’s Corner, Denise
As many turn to their sewing machines to prepare for Easter, we thought we would share the nieces’ dresses from two years ago. Since we never did . . . It seems we never posted Easter 2018 creations ....
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Easter Sewing 2018: Children’s Corner, Kathy-Kelley
The second child, CL, received our favorite of the three dresses sewn this year – primarily for the embroidered collar. Again, using an older Children’s Corner pattern, we sewed a Kathy {of the...
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Easter Sewing 2018: Children’s Corner, Camille
All three dresses in the Children’s Corner, Pleats II set are 100% “our style”!! Those pleats! Those sweet collars! The places for some embroidery! Wow, wow, wow . . . and, yes, yes, yes! We sewed LG a...
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