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What Is Smocking | Textile Art

Smocking is a well known traditional embroidery technique, which gathers fabric together into tight pleats so that is can stretch and return to its gathered shape. It is often used as a form of decoration on a garment, as the gathering of the material and stitches can be formulated to create patterns.

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Mountmellick Owl by Janet Davies of JMD designs

Adding Texture | Cross Stitch

One of the most useful ways of learning how to work with texture is to reduce your available colour palette. And if you want to really learn something go with just a single colour.

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Raised Embroidery by Kelley Aldridge

Today in Lets Book! We are reviewing Raised Embroidery by Kelley Aldridge. a practical, instructional guide that offers a complete grounding in the techniques you need for raised embroidery. Read on for more!

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