I've been making dresses for my g-niece, Miss Ella. I had found this little piece of eyelet at the thrift store and thought it would be pretty with a bit of cheater-smocking across the top (design from Skeldale House).
If you look to the left of the design, you can see that the gathers were "pushed" a little bit. If I do this again, I need to anchor the gathers down a bit before stitching (or maybe float some water soluable on top of gathers to keep the foot from re-distributing). All-in-all, I'm happy with how it turned out.
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2358129726I can just see the little dear in this. It is so precious, reminds me of little girls so many yrs ago/Lillian
145791This little sundress you've made looks lovely& the added cheater smocking adds a delicate touch too. Thanks for sharing your work. :~D
6951very close to the 'proper' stuff and so much faster. Great work.
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2344775822Great looking and well planned out from your nifty faux smocking to the lovely added lace.
86901How sweet. I bet the little girl won't care if the gathers are perfect.
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158714Nice...did you have to gather the fabric first or ??? I have several of the Skeldale House smocked designs...but have never used any...I need to know more about how to use them...thanks...lovely!
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by sjbrower
30 Mar 2015
Yes, I gathered the fabric first, then basted it to the hooped tearaway stabilizer. Next time, I will put water soluble over the top of the gathers to keep the foot from pusing the gathers to the side.
318308295823577This is really pretty. I must investigate further!
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140717That is such a pretty design. ..nice colours and clever smocking idea :) so you embroidered first and then gathered right?
Did you use the elastic thread in the bobbin?
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by sjbrower
30 Mar 2015
Gathered first, then embroidered over the gathers. I didn't put water-soluble over the top of the gathers, so the foot pushed the gathers aside at the start. Next time, I'll float something over the top to keep it even.
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