Laser-like focus....

[femkes_follies]

Heh.

Sometimes talking with somebody else helps me achieve it. ;-)

Next web site additions, with luck, will be:

Basic smocking
Smocking in Germanic costume
German Smocked shirt tutorial
Honeycomb smocking - maybe a ladies' chemise

Thoughts?

Comments

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Nice to know that my sniveling lack of knowledge is paying off... ;)

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

It wasn't a lack of knowledge. Remember - I have two little girls. I did a raft of smocking before ever I got into the SCA.

I've even found at least one portrait that I can see well enough to reproduce the smocking pattern.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* Just to be clear - I was talking about *MY* lack of knowledge. You are clearly a kung-fu smocking masta and I am but your humble apprentice. *wink* Just glad that you are willing to share honey!

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

*l* No, I meant that it would have surprised me if you HAD known a lot about smocking. It's pretty under-represented so far in the SCA. So, unless you had a mundane reason to learn - and 99% of mundane smocking is little girl-related.

I'm also addicted to "Australian Smocking and Embroidery." Well, all the Country Bumpkin publications, really. It's sad for me, personally, that the exchange rate has shifted. It used to be really economical to buy them, even with overseas shipping. It's still worth checking their website for fabrics, though. It's the only place I've EVER see wool chiffon.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Wool chiffon you say....

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

Yep. The unfortunate thing is that they are not, strictly, a fabric store. They stock the fabrics for the projects in that month's magazines. Then, when they sell out, it's gone. Unless another project comes along and they buy more. So it's hit-or-miss. But nice stuff.