What do you think of when you mention the pleating process on clothing? Crepe crushing feet on sewing machines, shovels and folders, Smark's package or up-and-down differential discounts? Poverty ...

Smocking is a form of embroidery that uses elastic or non-elastic threads to create pleats or gathers in the fabric. The threads are stitched on the wrong side of the fabric, following a grid or a ...

Like a chorus of tiny pleats, smocking gives fabric a personality-textured, intimate, and quietly intricate. Whether adorning a baby dress, a bridal bodice, or an artisan homeware line, those gathered ...

I have always been fascinated by smocking done on my girls’ dresses and always thought it is too difficult to do. Realistically it is a little bit difficult to do than other embroidery work but the ...