Smocking Stitches - Husqvarna Viking Designer topaz 25 User Manual

SMOCKING STITCHES

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.
Today we have a more modern way to do smocking. Use light
weight fabric, that is already pleated and decorate it with the
result imitates hand smocking as it was made hundreds of
years ago.
pleated fabric, using one of the pleating threads as a
guideline to keep stitching row straight.
2. Reselect the same stitch and mirror it side to side. Begin
smocking stitch.
additional row of smocking.
4. Continue decorating the fabric.
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Light Weight fabric and any of the smock stitches