Beginner's Guide to Machine Smocking
By: Fiona Pullen from thesewingdirectory.co.uk
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"Learn how to do smocking with your sewing machine, which thread and stitches to use and what you can used your smocked fabric for. "
Project TypeLearn a Technique
Time to CompleteIn an evening
Sewn byMachine
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