English Smocking Class

Name: English Smocking Class
Start: 2024-10-15T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-15T17:00:00-05:00
Location: 3400 S Broadway Ave (Suite 207), Tyler, TX, United States, Texas 75701

Schedule

Tue Oct 15 2024 at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

3400 S Broadway Ave (Suite 207), Tyler, TX, United States, Texas 75701 | Tyler, TX

Join Ms. Carla Little in October as she will guide you through this traditional style of sewing in this 4-part class.
Tuesdays:
October 15th 1p-3p
October 22nd 1p-3p
October 29th 1p-3p
November 12th 1p-3p
$20 per class + One time kit fee $12
Smocking is embroidery on pleated fabric. This art form that we traditionally think of as Smocking is primarily from the UK, is specifically known as English Smocking, and has been practiced in its current form for over 300 years. However, some form of stitching on pleated fabric, or smocking, can be seen all over Europe in paintings as old as the 1400s. Garments during this time were simply cut, and pleating or gathering was used to shape the garment and control the fullness of the fabric. Various forms of embroidery were then used to hold the pleating and provide a form of decoration. The resulting pleating could be elastic or non-elastic depending on the construction method chosen.