| Smocking books offer an excellent medium with which you
can add to or improve your smocking skills. Listed below
are books that will amaze, inspire and stimulate your
creativity and enhance your smocking experience! To see a larger image of the cover just click on the book. Click on the "Table of Contents" to see what topics are covered in the book. Remember that due to the size they will take a while to load and use the return button on your browser to return to this page. |
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A-Z of Smocking: by
the publishers of AS&E Magazine.
THE WORLD OF SMOCKING IS A WORLD OF ENCHANTMENT. The A-Z of smocking is designed to reveal every secret and answer every question you have on this timeless art. Over a thousand step-by-step photographs bring smocking within the reach of anyone who can thread a needle. The book will teach you how to work the stitches, read graphs and select colors, fabric and threads. It will show you how to pleat and block a garment, give advice on different techniques such as ribbon weaving, counterchange, template and freeform smocking and much more. It is bursting with hints, ideas and inspirational photographs which will unleash your creativity. This comprehensive manual is presented in the same way as the ever popular A-Z of Bullions and the top selling A-Z of Embroidery stitches. 128 pages of smocking heaven. |
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Ellen McCarn on English
Smocking: English Smocking is a needle art that
has been handed down through the ages. Although it might
appear to be quite intricate and involved, the smocking
procedure is very simple. Garments can be enhanced by
working the various embroidery stitches on successive
surfaces of parallel, equal pleats using smocking
techniques. By learning the terminology and following
these simple outlined directions, you too can create
heirlooms and carry on a tradition that has been enjoyed
for generations. |
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The Joy of Smocking: by
Martha Pullen, Ph.D. The Joy of Smocking is intended to
be just that-a book of instructions written so clearly
and simply that smocking will indeed be a joy to learn!
In planning this book, I wanted to be very thorough about
pleating instructions, geometric instructions, and "other
stitch" instructions such as feather stitch, Van Dyke,
honeycomb, herringbone, closed herringbone, chain stitch,
French knots, bullion rosebuds, and two silk ribbon
stitches. After the idea for a new smocking book
crystallized, I knew that I wanted EASY picture smocking
directions to be included. There's excellent
illustrations, concise and simple picture smocking
instructions for you. |
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by Ellen McCarn. |
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Beginner instructions for geometric and picture smocking, including 10 smocking designs and a smocked bonnet pattern. |
