Two dozen patterns to enhance clothing, pillows, purses, and other special items. All designs shown in color on covers.

“Smocking has been revived as the interest in hand-decorated surfaces increases...Page after page of patterns...each with color graph photograph of finished d

Foremost smocking designer provides complete instructions on how to smock. Over 10 projects, over 100 illus.

Introduces the fundamentals of smocking and provides instructions and diagrams for making smocked nightgowns, blouses, dresses, jackets, and children's clothes.

Precise explanations and instructions, clearly illustrated, on how to work chain, back, cross, knotted, woven stitches, and many more — 178 in all, including