I've been watching smocking videos for the past hour, and it still blows my mind that you can make fabric stretchy without any sort of elastic.
@ProfessorPincushion4 жыл бұрын
it's like magic :D
@GunnarDeatherage3 жыл бұрын
technical question! so you are using one continuous thread to secure your pleats together rather than making each paired pleat it's own knot? also wondering if you would work your way down with the same thread, or if you work your way across, or whether that matters. working on doing this on a larger scale so im trying to configure which direction to work the knots.
@stephaniekidoodles76552 ай бұрын
Following
@blackmber3 жыл бұрын
I’m going to try this on some gingham so I don’t have to measure and draw dots.
@abielaird Жыл бұрын
How much does it shrink the fabric?
@10Raccoon3 жыл бұрын
Between this video and Bernadette Banner's pirate shirt tutorial, my Westley costume is looking easier and easier by the minute!
@MissLovesMichael3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining so well! Does anyone have a kind of equation how to know the exact shrinkage of the fabric?
@sakurasepuku43745 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing it, this is so well explained, and looks so clear everything, and loved the explanation style, even I who has issues to understand things, could understand it, loved it, never before did I understand sewing. You are talented at teaching it, bless you!
@gladtidings4all9 жыл бұрын
This is the best explained tutorial on smocking! Thanks!
@shilohscott11 ай бұрын
Would it be best to smock the fabric first before cutting a pattern first?
@rosehep33014 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the excellent tutorial! Are there any mathematics for calculating size of smock pleats and how much fabric it would take to accommodate them? For example, the half-inch pleats you made... How much yardage would I need to create 16" of pleated fabric?
@livbjorholm75264 жыл бұрын
Rose Hep I’d love to know this as well!
@rosehep33014 жыл бұрын
@@livbjorholm7526 Just finished a smocking project (besides a practice one to figure out the "maths") thanks to this video. Basically, if you want the diamond pattern to be nicely dense and not stretched to the max, you need about four times as much fabric as the desired finished length. I watched this video to make bicep bands on a reenactment/pirate shirt for my BF, and for his nerdy 12" bicep measurement, I wound up smocking a whopping 46" of fabric! He's gonna have some billowy sleeves! Sixteen rows (eight on each sleeve) of 1/2" dots on 46" of fabric took about 16 hours of intense work. BTW, it's good to work on a tabletop while you're doing this, so you can swish/stretch the fabric around and maneuver the needle. I'd also recommend marking horizontal lines in addition to the dots, because when you draw up the pleating threads, you actually wind up stitching in between the dots, and it's easier to see where to stick the needle if the horizontal lines are there.
@OxfordComma474 жыл бұрын
Rose Hep great hints!
@meganmccarthy81142 жыл бұрын
@@rosehep3301 this is super helpful, thank you! Also, "nerdy 12-inch bicep" had me cackling. I've definitely dated a few wiry nerds in pirate shirts in my time-- can relate!
@Brightfantasy3 жыл бұрын
So well explained! I’m going to do this on my wedding gown!
@four16292 жыл бұрын
alexandria, that sounds so gorgeous! i hope you enjoyed doing that and it turned out well. congrats btw!!
@sabrinal36339 жыл бұрын
Oh this made me so happy! Thank you I can't wait to apply this to my fashion. :D
@ProfessorPincushion9 жыл бұрын
Sabrina L do it! :) and then send me a pic
@saradavis5388 жыл бұрын
if I wanted to add a smocking detail like this to the bodice of a dress, is there any sort of formula to estimate how much larger I need to cut my pattern piece? how would this work? any good links/resources/videos?
@ProfessorPincushion8 жыл бұрын
+Sara Davis I found this about fabric prep that might help you. You might be interested in getting a book like this. They say you want 3" of fabric for every 1" of finished smocking books.google.com/books?id=NlNyXy4UtlgC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=how+much+does+smocking+shrink+fabric&source=bl&ots=r4i8__MfIY&sig=WOgu4wF0LGnEUD4ELT6lb_pJUIU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB9vP0sdzMAhVO4mMKHe77CFoQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=how%20much%20does%20smocking%20shrink%20fabric&f=false
@charleyandsarah9 жыл бұрын
New to your channel. Smocking is one of my favorite things and I've done honeycomb smocking a few times. The dots are a good method without a pleater... and definitely make you appreciate having one lol. Thanks for the video.
@adelawiley29295 жыл бұрын
This video was very well explained, for someone who has never done it like me, I think I will try a pillow, just to see if I can do it, this would be very pretty on alot of home decor things, curtains, the valance on the top. Nice and very well done.
@RyanBMoore9 жыл бұрын
This video was very informative, but extremely long. I skipped ahead on most parts, because I didn't need to see you draw every single dot, or do the same thing over and over.
@furioustrekkie5 жыл бұрын
@@Indusxstan , because calling people names is constructive...? Ryan may have been unintentionally rude, but insulting people doesn't help.
@muhammadikram5735 Жыл бұрын
I'm 43 years old, I had forgotten this technique. Thank you From Sri Lanka.
@meganmccarthy81142 жыл бұрын
So clear and easy to understand, thank you! And I don't know if it's intentional that your nails match the fabric marker, but that was delightful. ☺️
@jesstoselli6 жыл бұрын
You're a genius. Thank you so much for this perfect explanation!
@junebrown82077 жыл бұрын
I love this video. Thanks for the tutorial. I have not done this for years so I had forgotten the technique. Thank you for the reminder.
@robfrydryck1277 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I was really struggling with this concept. You explained it really well. No other tutorial came even close to how well this was done. If I wanted to do the top of a sleeve do I make the rounded part three times wider and stretch out the arch? Thanks
@piarles5 жыл бұрын
I came to this video after looking at a textbook in my college lesson and getting really confused. But this video has helped me understand what I need to do 🙌🏻💗
@ProfessorPincushion5 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you found it helpful
@truelearners97788 жыл бұрын
very nice design. you also explained beautifully. thanks a lot
@stephaniekidoodles76552 ай бұрын
If I do this on a blouse that is too big will I have to also reduce the back to make the fit correct?
@danglesbanglesmoreco6 жыл бұрын
How much shrinkage should be expected in the overall panel based on the spacing of the dots?
@ghulamali56245 жыл бұрын
Embe
@SamadKhan-zb4fz7 жыл бұрын
its beautiful. for one pillow how much cloth we need to make this design.
@graybones3214 жыл бұрын
I know this video is 5 years old but I still wanted to say thank you! This was super clear and easy to understand. I’m excited to try my hand at it!
@ProfessorPincushion4 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@ivywindchaser8 жыл бұрын
I'm currently working on my first smocking piece - double width, lined curtains panels; it's a huge project, but has been so-much-fun! Your video is very clear and easy to understand. I like your pre-gathering basting because it's useful for handling bulkier lined fabric like in my current application. Thank you for posting. However, will you explain something about your technique? Your method of working along one single row at a time has quite a bit of unnecessary thread waste and creates long horizontal lines along the back that have to wrap around a full inch of pleat. Other smocking tutorials I've seen operate on two rows at once, alternating between the 1st and 2nd rows (then 3rd and 4th, etc.) as one unit so their only thread loss is in shorter, vertical spans that are stationary and aren't actively stretching or contracting. There is less thread waste, and the connecting stitches on the back are perpendicular, flat, and never move, which seems better and more secure to me. Is there are reason you are working on a single row at a time instead of two? Is there a benefit to smocking this way?
@ProfessorPincushion8 жыл бұрын
+ivywindchaser you can do whatever way you prefer. I've also done it the other way but, for some reason, it's easier for me to screw that way up and I end up skipping over the right pleat. Then I get all the way done and see I screwed up in the middle. But you're right that it saves thread. For me, I find it easier.
@ivywindchaser8 жыл бұрын
+Professor Pincushion I totally understand sticking with a preferred method that just works better for you. Thank you for responding so quickly. :)
@andreamuller42663 жыл бұрын
Hi there, smocking fans.... I wan´t to make a valance for a Stage. Can somebody tell me how much of the hight gets lost when I form the diamond-squares
@TorchwoodPandP4 жыл бұрын
Honeycomb is six-sided. What you show at the start is the basic diamond pattern. Nothing wrong with that, you are just mis-naming the pattern. For honeycomb, repeat row two on row three, and then go back to the pattern for row one on row four. Traditionally smocking is worked rather differently, without the basting stitches first to pleat the fabric. However, your technique may well have certain possibilities, for anyone needing to pleat fabric - either for smocking or just for pleating any kind of fabric, and maybe sewing it together on the wrong side, rather than the front? (Which may have been how they managed their pleats in the Renaissance...) Historically smocking was used for work-wear well into the 1800s, and for children’s wear well into the 1900s.
@motulica14 жыл бұрын
GREAT TUTORIAL ! THANK YOU VERY MUCH !
@abielaird Жыл бұрын
If i use elastic will it be strtchy like shirring?
@mgenimahfudh26043 жыл бұрын
Like it
@andreab9193 жыл бұрын
Gee this is lovely. I want to try this on a dress for my little one. I would like to have this on the middle front of the dress. Have to figure out how to fit the neckline with all that extra fabric. I guess I just have to iron the pleats down?
@shirleyann19015 жыл бұрын
Beautifully done. Thank you very much for sharing.
@umadharshiniduraisamy73493 ай бұрын
Hey, thanks for the video!
@فنونالخيط3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@alyssakoontz5821 Жыл бұрын
How much extra fabric would you recommend adding to the pattern piece you're smocking, so it still fits with the other seams?
@surabhigaikwad6081 Жыл бұрын
My exact thoughts ... would love to make it on a top but unsure how much extra is needed
@caronhortara19448 жыл бұрын
Thankyou I have a dress that I purchased and the shirring is coming undone and am wanting to repair it. Your explaination has cleared my mind in how to do this. i was trying to follow the stitching already there and thinking that they worked down rather then across and working from the back Excellent discription and video.
@irfanrushdiya31443 жыл бұрын
Very good explanation...I'm just gonna try this tday
@KimnMilesSnyderServes9 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video! Very informative and detailed. I needed every step you did to understand what you were doing! You rock!
@dhanalakshmidl89795 ай бұрын
Is this a cotton fabric?
@fludrbywest38863 жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial ❣️👍🏻 thank you 🙏🏻
@melissawesterlund44783 жыл бұрын
I tried this yesterday but it isn't stretchy. Any advice?
@wildheart59 жыл бұрын
I could not sign into your blog, but my suggestions are Organdy, Satin, Picot. Cute dog!
@ProfessorPincushion9 жыл бұрын
wildheart5 thanks for the suggestions :)
@iniobongjohn47403 жыл бұрын
How to make smoking hand
@ViralVault_69 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thank you so much!
@padmapadma38167 жыл бұрын
u r doing design white clothing so not see displaye plz changed clothes
@ЛюдмилаМешкова-р4щ5 ай бұрын
Поярче ничего не видно
@adraineanime15229 жыл бұрын
Hi! So I just got a ton of simplicity clothing patterns and I noticed that next to the pattern number is some random letter. Example: on 1406 there r BB next to it, on 1154 there is an A, on S0423 there is a R5. What do these mean? Also I'm kinda new at sewing. I have done a little bit of quilting and am ok at it. I was wondering if you would make a video (or videos) on how to do some of the patterns I just got. I'm more looking into how to specifically make them my size....... My sizes are bust: 42, waist: 38, hips:48 and well I know u have videos on altering sizes, but it would really help if you could show me how to specially do one of the patterns I already have.... I want to do a dress pattern, so simplicity number 1061, 1154, or 1406 would be great oh and ps I'm 5'7"
@ProfessorPincushion9 жыл бұрын
adraine anime Does the letters have the word "size" next to it? That's just Simplicity's coding for size groupings that are included in the pattern. For example, you maybe have pattern 1234 but one envelope has an A and one a B. The envelope with A may have sizes 6-12 and the envelope with B may have sizes 14-22. You just want to make sure you grab the envelope with your size included. I don't know when we'll be doing more pattern tutorials but if you get stuck at a pattern direction you can always post a pic on our ask a question and I'll do my best to help.
@nayomi64194 жыл бұрын
Is smocking stretchable?!
@valerie66476 жыл бұрын
I have been looking for this for a long time . I thank god for your life God bless you more .Thank you
@UtahGmaw999 жыл бұрын
Using a large print gingham fabric is much easier than marking everything if you have never done this before. Just make sure it is printed straight. New intro is great!
@ProfessorPincushion9 жыл бұрын
UtahGmaw99 that's a great tip. thanks! :)
@ramyaramesh43256 жыл бұрын
Can we do on a stiched umbrella dress which is too long I. Don't want to cut so can I use this smocking idea on my dress
@ProfessorPincushion6 жыл бұрын
the smocking will shrink the area so it might work.
@shajnabegum56568 жыл бұрын
Thank u
@pmccomas27179 жыл бұрын
Wow - you made that beautiful and intricate embellishment look really easy to do! Thanks for sharing! :)
@isabelbastos85303 жыл бұрын
Com certeza o melhor vídeo , agora sim aprendi como se faz casinha de abelha! Muito inteligente, usou tecido claro e linha escura, permitindo uma excelente visualização! Parabéns! 😍
@wildheart59 жыл бұрын
This tutorial was very helpful and I love your new intro!
@ivelissebouet9563 Жыл бұрын
The best tutorial. Thank you 🤩
@fabiolaromeroherrera3284 жыл бұрын
Excelente! ,👏From Colombia!
@kmovki8345 жыл бұрын
what do you do at threads at 4:57 after you've created the pleats? do you cut them all or something else?
@ProfessorPincushion5 жыл бұрын
I don't cut them. I just leave them as they are
@rahilalrasbi1183 Жыл бұрын
The best video I have seen ❤ bless you
@mariepouilhes4565 жыл бұрын
Je ne comprends pas l'anglais mais j'ai bien saisi car bien filmé, bravo et merci, c'est super.
@lightnirvana29006 жыл бұрын
I dont have that plastic thing like you what should i do?
@ProfessorPincushion6 жыл бұрын
you can really use any type of ruler
@MsKreynold5 жыл бұрын
Is there a faster way to this?? Ot seems so tedious for something like a dress skirt
@ProfessorPincushion5 жыл бұрын
hmmm...maybe finding fabric that already has the marks for you, but I don't think that exists. Sorry, hand sewing is time consuming but it does look cool.
@valdirsousacorreia7416 жыл бұрын
Lindo amei era esse o bordado que eu procurava,eu sou Suely Carvalho Correia estou usando o celular do meu esposo Valdir, parabéns 👏👏👏👏👏gostei vou tentar fazer pra minha neta Ana Clara 😁😉😀😀
@mariamarfil16202 жыл бұрын
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️
@isdoragomes64535 жыл бұрын
Oi. Muito. Lindo
@Choco_pie08152 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@gomathythanuja2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Thank you
@Allinone-mt9go4 жыл бұрын
I just want to know from wherei can get this scale type mirror
@jiya54454 жыл бұрын
All in one you can buy a similar one from Walmart
@aparecidacandidamouradebri14743 жыл бұрын
Minha lindo mesmo 👏😍😍💞💞
@elisbethadiari75109 жыл бұрын
Lovely details. Thank you for this video. My sewing machine has a honeycomb stitch, will it come out lovely if I use it
@ProfessorPincushion9 жыл бұрын
Elisbeth Adiari hmmm...I guess, if it can pleat as it goes, but I'd just try it on a scrap and see if it's a true smock or just a design stitch in which the stitches are just in a honeycomb pattern. :)
@iremify6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for very clear instruction :)
@silverfish38564 жыл бұрын
Best tutorial thank you
@pratiksharay5954 жыл бұрын
What is that ruler called
@krizzalozano60265 жыл бұрын
Can u do cable stitch
@chibicibi60343 жыл бұрын
thank you for this
@rutujadusane17764 жыл бұрын
Which fabric is that?
@aandistudiophotographyvide29862 жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial
@sayalimayekar58455 жыл бұрын
Dimond smoking plz
@خليفةمؤمن-ظ7ع4 жыл бұрын
What is your page name on facebook
@ProfessorPincushion4 жыл бұрын
facebook.com/ProfessorPincushion/
@tracyborland54712 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant
@sumansinha58614 жыл бұрын
👌Thank you Where will we use it?
@ProfessorPincushion4 жыл бұрын
you can use it for costumes or home decorating like on a pillow
@gattbe56118 жыл бұрын
your teaching is still the best..
@Art_Smsh3 жыл бұрын
Thank you ❤️
@carolinabenavidesvanegas1968 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this excellent tutorial!!!
@reshur15717 жыл бұрын
wonderful explanation tnx
@lavanyakarthik15878 жыл бұрын
u r really amazing & it is very easy
@nfs70235 жыл бұрын
Very nice
@DarkMoonDroid4 жыл бұрын
So cool!
@apekshapatil69286 жыл бұрын
good☺☺☺☺☺
@ruthmorgan10076 жыл бұрын
Easy to understand
@TheAgeofFabulous9 жыл бұрын
Love the new intro!
@drhelenloney14269 жыл бұрын
nice new opening graphics!
@ProfessorPincushion9 жыл бұрын
Helen Loney thank you so much. we've been working on it for awhile and it's nice to finally get it out :)