Hi everyone. I am new and I have a question that I'm hoping one of you can answer. There is a stitch my grandmother used to use that would be on the front of pillows and it was like pinched up pleats going in "x's" on the front. I want to know the name of the stitch so I can research it and find out how to do it. I have a pic I can send. Can anyone help?
sewing stitch
May 23, 2005
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Are you talking about basket-pleated fabric?
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If this is what you're talking about, I can recommend a book that will give you instructions on how to get this look.
--Welmoed
Sounds like a smocked pillow:
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There is a book here:
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with a chapter on "Smocked Pillow":
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NAYY, HTH,
thank you all so much!!! It is the smocked pillow but the basket weave one will do too. I have been trying for ages to find out what that was. You guys are the best!
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It sounds like smocking.
Arlene
Sounds like smocking. Maybe honeycomb smocking: that was widely used for cushions. They were usually velvet or satin, for some reason.
Smocking's easy and reasonably fast once you get past the pleating. You may have an heirloom sewing shop in your area/country that will pleat your fabric for you: it's worth it for me, because the novelty of picking up all those tiny little dots wore off after the first row.
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uttered>Hi everyone. I am new and I have a question that I'm hoping one of you>can answer. There is a stitch my grandmother used to use that would be>on the front of pillows and it was like pinched up pleats going in>"x's" on the front. I want to know the name of the stitch so I can>research it and find out how to do it. I have a pic I can send. Can>anyone help?
Sounds like smocking
Search on "honeycomb smocking". Just plain "smocking" is apt to turn up the tighter kind with surface embroidery.
Joy Beeson
I remember my grandmother having an entire bedspread that was smocked. Blue/white gingham check was used to make it. Its was lovely.
Cindy L
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