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Title: Smocking help needed
Post by: Lady Celynn on July 24, 2008, 08:16:05 PM

I've seen some wonderful smocking that looks like latice work. Does anyone have the info on how to make it? I thought it would look wonderful for a bodice and top of a sleeve. TIA

Title: Re: Smocking help needed
Post by: gem on July 24, 2008, 10:27:39 PM

This thread has a lot of smocking links:

http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=1233.0

Some of them cover historical smocking, plus how-tos, etc.

Title: Re: Smocking help needed
Post by: Lady Celynn on July 24, 2008, 11:01:54 PM

Gem thank you so much. One of the sites has exactely what I was looking for.
:)

Title: Re: Smocking help needed
Post by: isabelladangelo on July 25, 2008, 05:25:32 AM

They used it in a sleeve in Shakespeare in Love

http://comm2.fsu.edu/programs/comm/shakes/QUEEN.gif
http://www.naergilien.info/movies/Shakespeare/cap031.jpg

I rather like the pearl additions. It's meant to mimic strapwork, which is very H/A, but the smocking is not. Still, it's pretty.

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