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Christmas Tree Smocking Embroidery Design
Brighten up the holidays with these cute smocked Christmas trees! Use these designs to embellish stockings or gift bags or clothing like a traditional yoke dress or even a boys overall. You could even apply the design onto a sweater or sweatshirt to wear through the holiday season. 'Smock' the design onto fabric that will be used as an appliqué or as an insert. Pleat the fabric as in traditional hand smocking, or sew it on flat fabric. The choice is yours. This is a multi-format design that comes in 2 sizes: small (4" x 6 ½") and large ( 4 ½" x 8 ½"). Along with the design you will receive a guide sheet on pleating and fabric preparation as well as instructions for creating a holiday gift bag with a smocked appliqué panel. |
Featured in Sew News
Dec. 2009/Jan. 2010
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Madeira Applique by Machine DVD
Watch and learn as Deb takes you step-by-step through the process of creating machine –sewn appliqué that imitates the delicate hand-sewn look of traditional Madeira Applique. She explains how to make bands, frames and motifs. Along with her sewing tips she will also share samples from her vintage textile collection and the history of this handwork. |
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Vintage Madeira Pillow Pattern
This pretty pillow cover features the lovely technique of Madeira Applique that creates the frame for the center panel of the pillow front. The appliqué is sewn with hemstitching and Gimpwork outlines the frame. Embroider the center panel or use a fabric with an interesting motif. This pattern uses the newest and easiest technique possible. No hand sewing! This pattern is a great first project and compliments the Madeira Appliqué by Machine DVD. |
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Fabulous Embellishments DVD
Watch and learn as Deb shows you a variety of ways to use cording and ribbons and fabrics and your machine accessory feet (welting, gathering, left-edge topstitch, invisible zipper, ruffler) to create fabulous embellishments for home-decorating projects, costumes and fashion accessories. Learn how to easily create ruffles and ruching and puffing and so much more! |
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Fabulous Pillows I
Make some fabulous pillows to add a decorative accent that will brighten up any room. Be creative using fabrics and trims. Make ruffles and ruching and puffing to add texture and visual interest. The pillow covers are made with 3-5 panels that are sewn together and embellished. Decorate the center panel with a favorite embroidery motif. You are the designer. Select your fabric and colors and how you want to embellish the pillows. This pattern is made to fit a 12” x 16” purchased pillow form. This pattern compliments the Fabulous Embellishments DVD. |
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Fabulous Pillows II
Make some more fabulous pillows in different sizes and a different shape! Decorate these pillows as above using decorative trims and ruffles and ruching. These are square 3-5 panel pillows that range in size from 14”, 16” and 18”. These pillows are really fun to make and add that custom look to any room in the house. As with Pillows I, you are the designer, so be creative with your choice of fabrics and trims and have more fun making these pillows. |
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Smocked Panel Pillows
Like to smock? But have no one to smock for? Then take your hand or machine smocking and create a smocked panel to embellish a pillow to match your décor or make one as a gift for a favorite friend. So forget about not having a child to smock for when you can use your smocking as an embellishment on a custom-made pillow. The pillow covers are meant to fit rectangular 12” x 16” or square 12” or 14” pillow forms. |
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The
Smocked Project Book
This book covers the
basics for pleating fabric
and preparing it for
smocking by machine. There
are stitch keys for Pfaff
and Husqvarna Viking
computerized sewing machines
with a programmable memory.
Or use built-in decorative
or smocking stitches. Also
included are a variety of
smocking designs as well as
patterns for projects for
you to create, from a
Christmas stocking to
child’s pinafore or a lady’s
nightgown. |
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The Art
of Machine Smocking on CD
This book is no longer in
print, however, it is now
available as a PDF file on
CD. Read through the pages
on your computer and make
copies of the pages you want
for instructions or designs.
This was the first book for
machine smocking. There are
a variety of designs. Also
included is the ever popular
baby bonnet and how to
prepare to machine smock a
Bishop style dress, with 3
round yoke designs. |
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Smocking
by Machine CD
This is an instructional Cd
video meant to be played on
a computer. Watch and learn
how to pleat fabric and
smock by machine. There are
also PDF files that you can
print out with instructions
for three projects: a baby
bonnet, an 18” doll dress
and a pillow. |
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Pleating
Basics and Beyond CD
This instructional CD video
is meant to be played on a
computer. Learn how to go
beyond pleating fabric for
smocking. See how easy it is
to gather fabric with a
pleater and make ruffles,
ruching and perfect pleater
puffing for heirloom sewing.
So easy!! For textile
artists, see how pleated
fabric adds another
dimension to decorative
stitching, adding that
“organic” look! |
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Smockery
“Diamonds Galore” Collection
This is a collection of 16
smocked embroideries to be
stitched in the hoop. Also
included are 4 single
smocking stitch elements to
create your own stitch
designs. The designs are in
4 hoop sizes ranging from
100x100, 180x130, 240x150
and 360x150 (ranging from 4”
to 14” in width). Pleat and
stabilize the fabric, hoop
it up and let your
embroidery machine do all
the work.
Formats: ART, DST, EXP, HUS,
JEF, VIP, PES, SHV, XXX,
PCS, SEW, CSD |
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The
Boutique Bag Collection
These purse projects take
smocking out of the realm of
smocking for children. This
collections features
patterns and instructions
and a CD with 5 smocked
embroidery designs in a
5”x7” format for the smocked
flap on the bag. The variety
of shapes allows you to mix
and match flap and bag
shapes to create a unique
bag. |
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Fabric
kit to accompany the
Boutique Bag Collection
Included is the pleated and
stabilized fabric for the
bag flap and fabric for bag
and lining as well as
batting, cording and beading
to finish the bag. Enough
fabric is allowed to create
any of the shapes. No
threads are included. Fabric
is silk dupioni with black
for the bag and cream color for the
flap. All the piping,
cording and beaded fringe is
also included. |
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