Smocking is another way of manipulating material, used in the olden day to create stretch in fabric before elastic was used. Smocking is not only useful but also create great patterns in the fabric.
Straight Smocking: straight smalls pleats with a straight sticks running thought all the pleats.
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Lattice Smocking: A lattice pattern with crossing diagonal pleating
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Flower Smocking: A flower patters create by the pleats in the fabric
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Longer smoking: short pleats in alternative rows.
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