{"id":2039,"date":"2012-02-14T13:46:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T18:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2012-02-14T18:22:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T23:22:16","slug":"smocking-projects-winter-and-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/?p=2039","title":{"rendered":"Smocking Projects, Winter and Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another session of swimming lessons is upon us, which means another session of easy to smock from the sidelines garments under way.<\/p>\n

Here’s the first one, which is a square yoke design from AS&E #30, published in 1994. \u00a0 It’s one I’ve had my eye on for a while and when I found a deep brown and scarlet all over paisley during a recent visit to Len’s Mill (the same trip I found the cat fabric, actually) I immediately thought of this design. \u00a0The sample garment used a fabric with very similar shades, although it did have a touch more olive in it.<\/p>\n

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I’ll be using a different pattern, since the magazine patterns run sizes 6 thru 8. \u00a0 \u00a0I still have to pleat the long sleeves, which are also smocked. \u00a0Here’s how the inspiration looks:<\/p>\n

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I don’t actually expect Ellie to wear this dress until next fall, so I’ll make it in a size 4 but the single colour trellis is perfect for the mindless smocking I get to do poolside. \u00a0 I don’t have to keep track of a pattern or colour shifts. \u00a0 It’s just a matter of smocking until my dripping mermen reappear.<\/p>\n

Then I’m taking a different tack with this spring sundress. \u00a0It too is an AS&E design, called “Little Sweathearts”. \u00a0 \u00a0Issue #38. \u00a0I liked the unusual revers on the dress front – it’s not fussy and can worn year round with the addition of tights and a long sleeved shirt.<\/p>\n

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The fabric is some that I purchased in Paris last summer at a ‘coupon’ or discount outlet. \u00a0It’s scrumptious printed batiste, 54″ wide. \u00a0 The entire waist is pleated in half-space rows and then smocked in six-stitch flowerettes. \u00a0I toyed with bulking up the pleats with interfacing but instead, I simply cut the panels wider than the recommended width \u00a0and starched the upper edge stiffly to compensate for the light weight fabric.<\/p>\n

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I had a heck of a time finding the right shade of pink. \u00a0I simply couldn’t find one with the right deep raspberry shade in either DMC or Anchor. \u00a0I ended up compromising and using some “Rose” brand floss instead that I picked up 5 for a dollar. \u00a0It bled like you wouldn’t believe but after rinsing and soaking it five times, I’m confident the colour isn’t going anywhere now.<\/p>\n

These two projects should keep me occupied until the end of the session, don’t you think?<\/p>\n

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Another session of swimming lessons is upon us, which means another session of easy to smock from the sidelines garments under way. Here’s the first one, which is a square yoke design from AS&E #30, published in 1994. \u00a0 It’s one I’ve had my eye on for a while and when I found a deep […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,18],"tags":[49,146,145,144],"class_list":["post-2039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smocking","category-wip","tag-ase","tag-spring-sewing","tag-square-yoke-bodice","tag-winter-sewing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2054,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions\/2054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}