Originally Posted by amma
I was around 8 when Mom showed me how to smock gingham and we made pillows out of the squares we made. I played with scraps trying my hand at Barbie clothes too.
I used to do smocking too in the late 60's and early 70's for my daughters' dresses. I don't think I could do it again today. Forgotten how. But my poor DDs were smocked up one side and down the other...I loved doing it.