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Quick Stitch
Bring plenty of friends and enjoy the pleasure of being outdoors with the colorful style of this picnic blanket.
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A Basic Guide to Color and
Embroidery
“A Touch of Blue” provides helpful tips for giving a garment flair through the choice of fabric, the addition of ribbon bows, and literally by adding inverted pleats at side seams. Trudy Horne takes you to the next level of making one-of-a-kind garments.
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A Subtle Approach
Honeycomb smocking on the sleeves adds a special allure to this tailored blouse for adults. Detailed instructions for smocking sleeves and how-to information on honeycomb smocking are provided.
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Sewing for Baby
The “Grady Gown” is a special gown designed for premature babies by The Atlanta Smocking Guild as part of their group effort to assist infants with special needs. Instructions are complete with two pattern sizes and five smock plates.
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details on the "Grady Gown".
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Picnic in the Park
Spring is here in these fun and playful clothes for girls and boys. Nine garments are featured, each having its own unique twist. From original picnic basket and flip-flop appliqué designs, adapting a dress pattern into a shirt, to a crazy quilt yoke, there’s plenty to inspire you for a season of stitching!
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Fishing for Compliments
Ribbon ties and pleated ribbon add a playful look to a simple pattern. Perfect for spring and summer sewing.
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Flowering Accents
Learn to create embroidery designs using fabric as the inspiration. Complete with helpful hints on determining size, proportion, and color.
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Lavender Linen Liner
A fragrant addition to any linen closet, this liner is ideal tucked between your sheets and towels. Original embroidery design, monograms, and pattern are provided.
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Heirloom Legacy
Delicate bullion posies and feather stitching on the collar and yoke are highlighted with French lace on sky-blue batiste. Adapting a collar and reinforcing front yoke panel to accommodate lace are just two aspects of this dress detailed step-by-step in this article.
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Smock Plate
“Charity” and “Hope” are simple cables, waves, and bullion roses that work up quickly and are the perfect complement to preemie daygowns.
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