Smocking and other hand work

May 2011 – Learning New Things, Like Hand Embroidery

by RhondaL on May 21, 2011

Learning new things – Like hand embroidery. No one ever taught me to embroidery. I was taught how to quilt, knit, crochet and taught myself how to smock. But embroidery looked very hard, tedious, and time consuming, as is anything done by hand. So, I have a wonderful embroidery machine that does all my embroidery [...]

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March 2011 – Little Smocked Dresses

by RhondaL on March 26, 2011

in Smocking and other hand work

March 2011 This month I have been working on a baby quilt for my granddaughter, Kinsley. She is due any day now. I got these patterns from another Texas lady who makes and sells these kits and patterns. Her business is “Kreations by Karon” and her website is: www.kreationsbykaron.com. Go check it out. She [...]

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August 2010: Sewing For Charity

by RhondaL on August 10, 2010

in Smocking and other hand work

As much as I love to sew things for gifts to friends and family and sew items to sell for my sewing business, I guess there is no feeling better than sewing for those who are less fortunate. I joined a group of wonderful ladies about 4 years ago: The Lone Star Smockers. This group [...]

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Learning New Stitches…by Hand

by RhondaL on May 1, 2010

in Smocking and other hand work

I belong to a smocking guild…..The Lone Star Smockers. We were able to get a grant to hire an instructor to come to our area of Texas to teach us how to do several hand stitches that some of us had never tried before. It was 3 days of classes learning new smocking stitches, heirloom [...]

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