English smocking

Posts about Fabric Manipulation written by Ruth Singer

milkmaid smock light blue linen smock blouse with 3/4 front button placket closure, hand embroidered english smocking on the chest, back and sleeves with custom embroidery on the collar and each side of the smocking panels. hand embroidered buttonholes with antique shell buttons made in the kent countryside

Pretty geometeric English smocking.

Reproduction of a smocked farmer's coat, at the Museum of English Rural Life.

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Ivory pleated blouse with a V-shaped smocked bib at the bustline front, back, and shoulder caps. High necked self-ruffled released pleat collar with interior braid, peplum waistband, set in Elizabethan shaped sleeves with graduated puffs stitched down by narrow rows of smocking stitches; with silk gauze cuff ruffle and self covered flat buttons with figure eight loop closures down the center front. Labeled: "Liberty & Co./Artistic and Historic Costume Studio/222 Regent St. W." Labeled…

rural smock shirt hand dyed teal blue linen smock shirt with hand embroidered english smocking on the chest, back and cuffs and custom embroidery on the collar and each side of the smocking. hand embroidered buttonholes with hand woven dorset buttons dorset buttons are hand woven using embroidery thread

It’s been fascinating recently seeing smocking pop up in my Instagram feed. It feels like there’s been a flurry of new interest in this old technique recently. Traditional English smock…

A step by step tutorial on how to stitch the basic Wave Stitch used in English Smocking.