{"id":47,"date":"2009-08-10T20:58:55","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T03:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=47"},"modified":"2012-03-08T02:57:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T07:57:33","slug":"more-fun-with-ready-to-smock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/10\/more-fun-with-ready-to-smock\/","title":{"rendered":"Unicorn “My Little Pony” Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This ready-to-smock\u00c2\u00a0frock was smocked and\u00c2\u00a0dressed up for Laurel’s 5th birthday.\u00c2\u00a0 She loves rainbows and unicorns, like all 5 year olds,\u00c2\u00a0 so this garment really tickled her pink.<\/p>\n

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I combined Ellen McCarn’s Unicorn plate and an old Martha Pullen rainbow plate.\u00c2\u00a0 With the advantage of a completely constructed and pleated dress, the smocking went very quickly.<\/p>\n

After smocking, the first challenge was to hand\u00c2\u00a0embroider the collar without any stitches or knots showing on the underside.\u00c2\u00a0 To accomplish this, I\u00c2\u00a0employed the same quilter’s knot technique used on Alastair’s bubble (see that post).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Next, I wanted to add Swiss trim to the collar, sleeves and sash.\u00c2\u00a0 To avoid unacceptable overlap of trim at center front, I first measured out the amount of trim needed to gather around each collar (a ratio of one to\u00c2\u00a0one and one half \u00c2\u00a0is my personal preference).\u00c2\u00a0 Then I tapered each end to a point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Over white quilting thread, I rolled and whipped, using my beloved Madeira Cotona 80 wt. thread.\u00c2\u00a0 After the trim was pulled up to the appropriate length, it was hand whipped just below the piping.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Adding Swiss trim to the sleeves had to be done before smocking, as in regular construction.<\/div>\n
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