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Smocking Sampler - part one

Posted in inspiration, sewing on Apr 30th, 2009

Yesterday evening I did some smocking.
From top to bottom:
Cable, Stem, Honeycomb, Surface Honeycomb and Van Dyke stitches. 
Ta-daaa!
Tonight’s endeavour is going to be trying out some fancier stitches - Wave and Trellis. Then I should be able to pretty much replicate this panel, from one of the reproduction smocks at the Museum.
I notice that the pleats [...]

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Museum of English Rural Life

Posted in exhibitions, inspiration, sewing on Apr 27th, 2009

On Sunday afternoon I persuaded Paul to wander round the Museum of English Rural Life.
I hadn’t been since it moved location (in 2005!), and it’s in a much bigger space now. It’s a slightly strange museum - laid out more like a store room than an exhibit, with things shoved up corners and hanging from [...]

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