{"id":18,"date":"2009-06-18T18:34:44","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T01:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2015-01-09T00:07:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T05:07:17","slug":"fun-with-smockables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/18\/fun-with-smockables\/","title":{"rendered":"Smocked Monogram Bubble “C”"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Alastair\"<\/a>

Alastair, 6 weeks old<\/p><\/div>\n

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Alastair’s monogram bubble…this is my daughter’s favorite outfit for her son.\u00c2\u00a0 It is a customized ready-to-smock garment,\u00c2\u00a0 a godsend for today’s busy grandmothers.<\/p>\n

Made of\u00c2\u00a0 a cotton\/poly blend, they wash and wear\u00c2\u00a0 beautifully.You can simply smock, remove the pleating threads and dress up your precious little one or you can personalize it to a greater degree.<\/p>\n

Like many of you, I can never seem to smock a design or make up a pattern exactly as shown.<\/p>\n

But with construction already completed,\u00c2\u00a0the challenge to\u00c2\u00a0customize is greater. \u00c2\u00a0Here are a few embellishment tips and techniques I use with ready to smock garments which are\u00c2\u00a0soon to be available at the JaniceFergusonsews.com store.<\/p>\n

1.\u00c2\u00a0 COLLARS —<\/p>\n

\"collar\"<\/a>

pitiful hand feather stitching<\/p><\/div>\n

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Because the piped collar meets precisely at the center, as it should, the addition of tatting, Swiss edging, lace\u00c2\u00a0or other trim is impossible or, at the very least, \u00c2\u00a0complicated.<\/p>\n

On Alastair’s bubble, the collar is embellished with feather stitching.\u00c2\u00a0 I thought this would be difficult, as I did not want to stitch through both collar layers.\u00c2\u00a0 But I found that it was relatively easy, once I began, to keep the needle from penetrating both the collar and the lining.<\/p>\n

I knotted off at the beginning and end with the quilter’s knot “pop.”