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    Perfect Picture Smocking – A New SAGA Correspondence Course

    Posted by on Jan 08 2015

    Have you ever wanted to learn to picture smock?  Tried it and been unhappy with your results?  Well, I’m delighted to announce a cure for what ails you:  Perfect Picture Smocking is SAGA’s newest correspondence course, designed to help you master picture smocking, and I am SAGA’s newest teacher. This is a five-part correspondence course open […]

    Lace! Lace! Lace!

    Posted by on May 26 2014

    Now that I’ve got the attention of the heirloom fans, I want to show you some shots of the dress I’ve just finished for my SAGA Smocked Lace correspondence course. If you’re a regular reader, you might remember me showing you my samplers here and here.  The samplers were practice pieces that let me try […]

    Smocked Laces: The Sequel

    Posted by on Jan 03 2014

    I was able to squeeze in the third and fourth lessons for Nancy’s Smocked Laces course over the past couple of months. Now that I’ve gotten it back, I thought I’d show you the new laces I worked and the two I designed.  If you missed my earlier overview, check out my post Smocked Laces […]

    Smocked Laces

    Posted by on Oct 27 2013

    I’ve taken several SAGA correspondence courses, including Advanced Stitches and Exotic Smocking.  Over the summer, I decided to enroll in another course with Nancy Malitz (who taught Advanced Stitches) called “Smocked Laces and Design”. This is an interesting course because the design elements come not from a wide range of flosses or colours but from […]