My grandma was a make it do, and make it over DIY'r from the great depression. So she made or made over everything. Furniture too. Late 1950's my Aunt's 1st formal dance. She needed something nice. Back then, EVERYTHING in your outfit HAD to match. but they were poor. On rhe sly, my grandma answered adds for house cleaning to buy fabric for her gown and a little extra velvet to match. Her gown put pro couture to shame. Using the velvet, she covered pumps she already had and using this method on the stitched side, she covered an evening clutch she also had. Where the knots are, she sewed tiny seed pearls that were also in the gown and in her perfectly quaffed hair. She still has that clutch.

I spent about thirty minutes looking for tutorials just so I could figure out how to keep my fabric from bunching between squares and you're the only one who showed that you're supposed to put a knot to stop it from doing that so than you TT

This is the only video of smocking on KZread which contains minute detail of each and every step... Really appreciate your work! Thanks alot🌺❤️❤️

@needlemeister9560

Жыл бұрын

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Thank you so much for your so easy to follow instructions. I've been wanting to do this kind of smocking for approx 60 years! I'm 69 and i had a favorite aunt that made a couple of cushions for my Mum. Her husband was in the military so not always in the UK so i never was around her long enough to ask her to teach me. Sadly my Mums cushions eventually disappeared and i had no idea how or where to find a pattern. Now all these years later i can make my own cushions. I can't wait now to start to practice. Shirley from the UK. x

@ProfessorPincushion

3 жыл бұрын

I hope it works out for you! :) Just take your time and you'll get there.

You are a life saver!!! You are the only ones with an actual and very detailed step by step of this smocking! I’d love to see more smocking tutorials by you!

What? Tying individual square/surgeon knots for each and every diangonal? Not me! No way! That would be ridiculous! 🤦Thank you so much for this. I knew there had to be a simpler, smarter way to do all this smocking, and I'm so glad I finally found this. You're a life saver. And a sanity saver.

this was the best tutorial i’ve ever watched! thank you so much! you saved my project!

I wish I could like this more than once....thank you.

Just a tip to speed things up when you're a beginner - if you can find some 1" (or thereabouts) gingham fabric you can practice this technique and get the hang of the stitching without having to do all the careful measuring first. And if you look for vintage sewing patterns for "smocked curtains" and "smocked pillows" you can get an idea what sorts of things can be made with it. I have vintage patterns McCalls 6259 that has a heart pillow, a round pillow and a bolster using these techniques. (It's sometimes called "Canadian smocking"). McCalls 2467 has the round cushion, the bolster and a square pillow. And McCalls 6464 has even more. Simplicity 4679 has got a bolster, square and round pillow as well as some cafe curtains and was designed for 1" gingham. When I was a kid I remember that in grandparents' homes velvet or corduroy round cushions made using this technique and stuffed with what I think was kapok were quite common. And I loved them - hence my little collection of vintage patterns. :-D One day I want to do a round version using 1/4" gingham and see if I can make a little pincushion...

@meganmills6545

5 жыл бұрын

Oops - apologies for all that extra white space...

@carolynellis387

2 жыл бұрын

My mum sewed beautiful velvet bolster cushions in the 60s and she called it "Canadian smocking"

I have to try this for some throw pillows. I’ve always thought about doing it but the last tutorial I saw on it seemed so complicated. You have simplified it for me. Thank you!

@ProfessorPincushion

5 жыл бұрын

You can do it! :D

Wow what a beautiful technic!! Never saw it before. Very special. Thankyou!

thank you for reminding me of this technique!!! - it has been years since I've seen it and learned about it in the 60's from a school friend

Made my saggy new knit top fitted, attractive, and fun to wear. Saved the day!

This seems so easy following your instructions. Can’t wait to try this technique. Thanks again for another awesome project!

@ProfessorPincushion

5 жыл бұрын

you can do it! :D

This was GORGEOUS!!!

such a well explained video thank you so much!

Excellent tutorial!

Loved this...great video!

Thx I'm defiantly going to use this design in my scetch book

Thank you,you explain it clearly😊

Very cool. Thanks

Really pretty Thanks 😘😘😘

Smockingly. Well. Happy cousins always. Get all good news around. Enjoy ur hobby. Thanks.

How beautiful! I love fabric manipulation like smocking. I'm going to have to figure out a project to use it on!

@billiev8705

4 жыл бұрын

P.S. I wonder if I could use this type of design to tailor a boxy top to make it more fitted??

@ProfessorPincushion

4 жыл бұрын

probably but I'd experiment as it does shrink it down quite a bit

I like it

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Great video, very well done! I kind of like the reverse side of this method lol. Is there a way to make that without the thread showing?

the end of the fabrics looks so hard to sew to another one. How you do this ?

Does this kind of smocking allow stretch to the fabric or no since it is well-secured?

@ProfessorPincushion

5 жыл бұрын

It has stretch like other examples of smocking

How do you do this pivoted like a basket weave look instead of diamond angle? Is possible? What is that type smocking called?

May i know what kind of fabric is better for canadian smocking

I was watching another of your videos showing how to hand quilt. How are you able to use the thimble with nails? Mine aren't as long as yours are but is uncomfortable to use a thimble. I'm finding that I need a thimble tho and I have a leather one that is just perfect, except for the fingernails. What to do, what to do.

@ProfessorPincushion

5 жыл бұрын

For me, it isn't the nails necessarily but my fingers are narrow and small. So thimbles always slip off my finger no matter what. The leather one does the best for me but most of the time, I just don't wear one. Another option, try putting a padded bandaid on the end of your finger.

@grod0051

5 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorPincushion for me its my nails. I guess if I want to use a thimble I'll have to cut my nail. Cushioning just makes the pressure worse, at least for me it does. Thank you for telling me what you do. I appreciate it

@billiev8705

4 жыл бұрын

There are leather thimbles that come in different sizes and that have an opening for the nail to poke through! I found mine on a Chinese website (AliExpress .com).

I’ve always loved smocking, but could never figure out HOW to use it in my projects. The edges are so wonky and I can’t figure out how you cut it down/stitch for projects like pillows or dresses. Any tips??

@ProfessorPincushion

5 жыл бұрын

draw a line on the fabric where your stitch line will be and then baste on this line. After, you can cut past the basting line to give yourself seam allowance. It will add bulk at the seam allowance so you just keep the projects simple and press best you can.

Are those techniques still trend??

can this be done with a stretching thread too?

@ProfessorPincushion

5 жыл бұрын

I think it would be harder since stretch thread is on the thicker side and probably not necessary. Smocked fabric does some stretch to it even if you use all purpose thread

Clever project, but what's it for?

@sunnyedaize1262

5 жыл бұрын

Pillows, bodices, comforters....

@meganmills6545

5 жыл бұрын

You might like to see another comment I put in a little while ago - before reading your question. It'll give you an idea what this was used for quite a bit in some vintage patterns. No doubt there are loads more, but those are some I've collected over the years.

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