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Tips on how to smock.
AMERICANA Jan-Feb 1985 (v.12#6) pg. 42

Special effects you can create with smocking. Covers choice of fabric and thread, marking the design, and five popular stitches.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS May 1979 (v.57#5) pg. 94

English smocking. Includes instructions for making and smocking a child's dress and bonnet.
CREATIVE CRAFTS & MINIATURES #92 Apr 1983 (v.8#8) pg. 30

Getting started in English smocking.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Jan-Feb 1981 (v.12#1) pg. 28

How to smock, by Erica Wilson. Covers gathering techniques such as (1) using gingham, striped or spotted fabric, (2) using smocking spot transfers, or (3) by eye. Describes drawing up gathers and six different stitches to secure the gathers. Instructions for a smocked apron and a round pillow for beginners.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING NEEDLECRAFT Spring-Summer 1979 pg. 26

Smocking made easy. A quick way to smock using gingham fabric.
HANDMADE Fall 1982 (v.2#3) pg. 24

A basic guide to smocking. Includes instructions for the cable stitch and trellis stitch.
LADIES HOME JOURNAL NEEDLE & CRAFT Spring-Summer 1980 (v.10#2) pg. 36

How to smock a dress top. The dress is sewn from a Vogue pattern.
LADIES HOME JOURNAL NEEDLE & CRAFT Spring-Summer 1980 (v.10#2) pg. 74, 113

Enjoy smocking the easy way by using simple striped and plaid fabric to guide the smocking process.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS May-Jun 1983 (v.28#3) pg. 46

Introduction to English smocking.
NEEDLE & THREAD Jul-Aug 1983 (v.3#4) pg. 5

Checked gingham. Ideas for interesting things to do with this classic fabric. Includes smocking, cross-stitch embroidery, French knots, "spider webs", and quilting.
NEEDLE & THREAD Jul-Aug 1983 (v.3#4) pg. 8

An introduction to English smocking. Includes instructions for making a smocked apron.
NEEDLECRAFT FOR TODAY May-Jun 1980 (v.3#3) pg. 4, 41

Smocking know-how, from start to last stitch.
NEEDLECRAFT FOR TODAY May-Jun 1984 (v.7#3) pg. 35

Smocking on overshot. Weaving a child's dress so that pattern warp can be pulled to create smocking on the bodice and sleeves. Rambler Rose pattern is used.
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #53 Winter 1982 (v.14#1) pg. 38

Tip: A quick way to mark the transfer dots needed to guide placement of gathered threads for hand smocking.
THREADS #5 Jun-Jul 1986 pg. 10

Tip on how to do lattice smocking to achieve two different effects, "Braids," and "Bow Ties."
THREADS #16 Apr-May 1988 pg. 6

Smocking as an approach to fullness in garment design and embellishment. Shows how to alter a pattern to add smocking. Accompanying article explains smocking techniques and diagrams show seven of the most common stitches (outline, cable, wave, trellis, Vandyke, stem and feather).
THREADS #19 Oct-Nov 1988 pg. 36, 38

Tip: Secure smocking threads using a "butterfly" from stud-type pierced earrings.
THREADS #20 Dec 1988-Jan 1989 pg. 10

Creating textile texture with machine-made smocks and pleats. A description of pleating machines and the basics of using one.
THREADS #21 Feb-Mar 1989 pg. 54

Tip: How to use a sewing machine as a pleater or smocker.
THREADS #22 Apr-May 1989 pg. 10

How to shape fabric into clothing using a smocking pleater. Details techniques for both straight and curved pleating.
THREADS #26 Dec 1989-Jan 1990 pg. 50

How to do English smocking with the aid of a pleating machine.
WORKBASKET Oct 1982 (v.48#1) pg. 30

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