I sure hope this comment comes to you. I've watched videos for two days now. You totally inspired me to get busy. I love watching you. I've smocked many years but kinda put it to the side. I live in Sevier county just across the mtn from you. Thank you for so many ideas. Thank you, Pam Pitner
thank you for this video Sarah This was so much fun, like a work with me. I was working on some hand sewing while watching you just working away and it was so relaxing. And I love the way you encourage the lack of stress, just enjoy the process
Hi Sara I love your videos I live in the united kingdom. you are so talented and inprire me so much. keep doing it and never stop. I want to learn Smocking, all my 25 years of my working life I hve my own business Embroidery computerised logo design I have retired from it now but want to do more hand embroidery and sewing for my grand Children. Take care and keep doing amazing sewing. Cheers Lynn x❤
Hi Sarah, your looking well. Thank you for the time you put into these wounderful videos much appreciated. Its grandmas cubs here, been a while. quick question, how to you get your pleats to line up so neat to the gingham piping eckline with out them being out off line and squashed, if that makes sense ?
When you put the beads on, do you put them on while you are smocking in one of the regular stitches or do you go back after the smocking and put in an extra stitch??
I was unable to find your video on how to use a non-smocked pattern and add smocking to it. Does that question make sense? How is it titled? You do such beautiful work! I wish I had learned to do smocking years ago. I am 77 years old now, my daughter and granddaughters are grown and have their own grown families. When they were all babies and on up I sewed most of their clothes, from underwear to snowsuits. I sewed bridesmaid dresses, first communion dresses, baptism dresses, ect. ect. ect., some of which was for the public. Very often I was up until 3 or 4 in the morning sewing for my own 3 children. I took a smocking class once but it was very confusing, with lots of "do it this way". So I never learned it. And there was no You Tube Tutorials then. ( no computers either). Now I think about all the beautiful smocked dresses my girls could have had. Sooooo, there are several little girls in our church who will now be receiving smocked dresses. Thank you so much for your teaching!
Hi, do you have a size chart? As an example: showing us the length of fabric we need if we want let say 30 inches of smocking? If not a chart, could you give me one or two examples? Thank you.
generally it's about 3x your finished dimension, but that can vary a lot depending on which fabric you're using and your preference. I have a pdf download on my website as well as videos that go over how to calculate your pleating ratio. thanks!
Hola me encanta todo lo que hases y tu bb es hermosa cuanto de tela se gasta para haser ese modelo para una niña de 3 meses yo lo plise con papel de cuadros de medio centrimetro y corte la tela de 3 tantos y no me alcanzo lo hise como tu no salio me podrias decir cuanto gastaste para ese vestido y qu talla es grasias
Beautiful work Sarah, But when you started and had the 'life decisions' of one thread or two - I was so surprised you went with 5 threads - but called them 'one'? Smocking patterns usually state how many strands of floss (fff-loss) to use. Well they do in our AS&E mags...must be some fat needle to get two full strands of 5 floss through if you did go that way :D interesting to see someone else's take on this craft.
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I sure hope this comment comes to you. I've watched videos for two days now. You totally inspired me to get busy. I love watching you. I've smocked many years but kinda put it to the side. I live in Sevier county just across the mtn from you. Thank you for so many ideas.
Thank you,
Pam Pitner
thank you for this video Sarah This was so much fun, like a work with me. I was working on some hand sewing while watching you just working away and it was so relaxing. And I love the way you encourage the lack of stress, just enjoy the process
Hi Sara I love your videos I live in the united kingdom. you are so talented and inprire me so much. keep doing it and never stop. I want to learn Smocking, all my 25 years of my working life I hve my own business Embroidery computerised logo design I have retired from it now but want to do more hand embroidery and sewing for my grand Children. Take care and keep doing amazing sewing. Cheers Lynn x❤
Hi Sarah, your looking well. Thank you for the time you put into these wounderful videos much appreciated. Its grandmas cubs here, been a while. quick question, how to you get your pleats to line up so neat to the gingham piping
eckline with out them being out off line and squashed, if that makes sense ?
This is that, what I searched for ❤
I ordered the floche, beads and needle, and love how easy the beads slide over the needle. What type of needle is it?
When you put the beads on, do you put them on while you are smocking in one of the regular stitches or do you go back after the smocking and put in an extra stitch??
Do you have a video that shows how to attach the beads? Or are you putting them in the smocking and just don't show that part? Thank you!!
yes, generally I just put them on as I smock. here's a video ruclips.net/video/weuEyv_X5R4/видео.html thanks!
I was unable to find your video on how to use a non-smocked pattern and add smocking to it. Does that question make sense? How is it titled? You do such beautiful work! I wish I had learned to do smocking years ago. I am 77 years old now, my daughter and granddaughters are grown and have their own grown families. When they were all babies and on up I sewed most of their clothes, from underwear to snowsuits. I sewed bridesmaid dresses, first communion dresses, baptism dresses, ect. ect. ect., some of which was for the public. Very often I was up until 3 or 4 in the morning sewing for my own 3 children. I took a smocking class once but it was very confusing, with lots of "do it this way". So I never learned it. And there was no You Tube Tutorials then. ( no computers either). Now I think about all the beautiful smocked dresses my girls could have had. Sooooo, there are several little girls in our church who will now be receiving smocked dresses. Thank you so much for your teaching!
thanks so much! and I hope this video helps you out, ruclips.net/video/9Oef0O_kTf4/видео.html
Hi, do you have a size chart? As an example: showing us the length of fabric we need if we want let say 30 inches of smocking? If not a chart, could you give me one or two examples? Thank you.
generally it's about 3x your finished dimension, but that can vary a lot depending on which fabric you're using and your preference. I have a pdf download on my website as well as videos that go over how to calculate your pleating ratio. thanks!
Thank you for your response. Ccould you tell me the video title where you explain the calculation?@@sarahclassicsewing
Hola me encanta todo lo que hases y tu bb es hermosa cuanto de tela se gasta para haser ese modelo para una niña de 3 meses yo lo plise con papel de cuadros de medio centrimetro y corte la tela de 3 tantos y no me alcanzo lo hise como tu no salio me podrias decir cuanto gastaste para ese vestido y qu talla es grasias
Please teach me how to make those tiny folds 😢
With a smocking pleater or a dot grid
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Beautiful work Sarah, But when you started and had the 'life decisions' of one thread or two - I was so surprised you went with 5 threads - but called them 'one'? Smocking patterns usually state how many strands of floss (fff-loss) to use. Well they do in our AS&E mags...must be some fat needle to get two full strands of 5 floss through if you did go that way :D interesting to see someone else's take on this craft.