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Thursday, January 05, 2006

Smocking Patterns - Heirloom Patterns - Pleaters & More...

Smocking Patterns, Heirloom Sewing, Plates, Pleaters, Supplies & more....
Hello, Ladies!
~Are you bored to death?~
Looking for something to do?
Don't know where to start?
Well, maybe I can shlp you out a little bit....?
I've been in that exact same position and I was for a long time. I thought I was going to go absolutely crazy. I was sitting on the couch watching the snow pile up on the lawn and the snow piles get even higher. I knew it was time for me to find something that would keep me busy and make me feel good at the same time.
I wandered over to the local Specialty Sewing Shop and thought I'd just see what was new and popular and maybe there might have even beem some of my sewing friends from a few years ago to chat with too...
Well, there was a class just setting up on Smocking and I thought I'd just hang around for a few minutes to see what it was all about. I was absolutely hooked. I paid for the class and sat down and took pages and pages of notes. I was in love....!
When the class was over, I spent the last 20 minutes before the store closed up in the fabric department and looking at the patterns. I wanted one of everything, however, that was not realistic and I really had to take control of myself.
I bought 2 patterns and about 8 yards of fabric in about 4 different colours. Picked out the matching thread, got some new bobbins some buttons, lace, elastic and a few other little things for no particular reason
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I couldn't wait to get home and get started. I ran in the door took my coat off and discovered that we had company and I had to put all my little finds and fabric away for 2 or 3 hours until the company left. Yeah!! I can finally take out the bag of goodies I just brought in and there I stood in the kitchen not knowing how to smock the fabric without a pleater. Never mind, I didn't even know what a pleater was at that point either so even though I was devastated, I wasn't really sure what I had to do to fix the problem.
I couldn't do anything more than just cutting out the fabric. There I stook in the kitchen with this beautiful fabric in my hand and I was at dead stop. Fortunately my hubby also noticed my sad face and this fabric in my hands or I'd really probably never have even finished what I had cut out either.
My dear husband, I love him dearly, told me to put on my coat & boots and said he'd take me out for a tea at Timmies. Sounded like a great alternative. If I can't sew, I might just as well drink tea. LOL No really a great trade off, but since I wasn't buying it, it was working for me.
Off we went heading in the direction of the coffee shop when he turned into the Sewing Shoppe without any warning at all. I'm now absolutely lost as to why we are in there since I just left it a few hours earlier and they were getting ready to close up shop for the night. But that was ok, I didn't say anything and just followed behind him with my heavy heart and absolutely no clue.
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I was pretty sure that they didn't have any pleaters in the store, so it couldn't have been that. There Smocking Patterns were only minimal, and I had already bought the ones I wanted anyway. Well much to my surprise, they weren't out of pleaters and my darling husband bought me one on the spot. He also purchased the Thread box for it as well. I could hardly believe it was happening. I thought I'd have to find a way to do the gathering of the pleats myself, but, my husband became my Knight in shining armour, not that he wasan't already mind you.
I was absolutely thrilled and couldn't get out of the store and back into the truck fast enough. He still took me for that tea and I spent the whole time asking if he was ready to go yet. LOL I really wanted to get home and do some sewing with this brand new Smocking technique I had just learned about...
Well, that was in 1971 when my first son was born and I've been Smocking ever since. If you don't know how to smock yet, it is a wonderful project to teach yourself over the winter months. Once you learn, you won't want to put it down. The results are absolutely gorgeous and every garment becomes a family heirloom.
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Please take a few minutes and drop by my store and I guarantee that you won't want to just peak. Smocking & Heirloom sewing is timeless and you can't really make a mistake. The more you do the prettier they become the more you want to do. You will be so surprised at how wonderful your first project will be once you have it done. I know you will just have to make another one and another one and another one......
So there you have it. That was all it took for me to get started and I was hooked for life. Smocking & heirloom sewing is something that you will be able to hand down through the generations to come. You will be surprised at the compliments you will receive and just how easy it is to do. I can't even begin to tell you what it feels like to be able to make something you have always wondered about. You will now be able to have that little girly girl that you've always wanted to sew for all dressed up in a different garment for every day of the month.
When doing your Heirloom Sewing you will discover just how beautiful you can make your garments without much effort whatsoever. INserting a little bit of lace or ribbon will turn your garments into works of art that will be in demand by everyone you know. You will find that using a combination of both the Smocking & the Heirloom Sewing techniques, will create such beautiful gowns that you will wont to do nothing but sew & smock.
So, that's my story on how I got started and I'm absolutely certain that you will feel the same way once you've tried even a small item.. Start with a Smocked Baby Bonnet. that is one of the easiest items to make and learn the Smocking & the Heirloom sewing on. Or perhaps you'd like to make yourself an Heirloom pillow.
Regardless of the project you choose to make, you will definately not want to quit once you see just how easy it is to do.
If you don't want to have to make a garment to Smock or embellish, you can also purchase garments already sewn together and Ready to Smock. There are a variety of Bishops gown available for purchase as well and that will make it so much easier to do the Smocking if you don't really like to do the sewing portion of your outfits.
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I will be llsting Ready-to-Smock garments within the next 3 or 4 weeks, so if you are interested in purchasing one of those, be sure to add my link to your favorites and check back often to see what's new.
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