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Smocking
Smocking is a delicate, decorative treatment on
children’s clothing or women’s blouses. Choose a soft,
lightweight fabric such as batiste, gingham or challis.
Cut the fabric three times the finished width.
Select 1.
Increase stitch length to 5.00.
Sew rows of straight stitches about 10-13mm (3/8˝-1/2˝)
apart, across the area to be smocked. (A looser needle
thread tension will make gathering easier.)
Tie the threads along one edge. Pull the bobbin threads
to distribute the gathers evenly. Secure the threads at
the other end.
Select 51, 53 or 57.
Sew smocking stitch between the straight stitches.
(Pressure may need to be reduced.) Pull out the
straight stitching lines.
Straight Stitch
A
Auto
3
A
Auto
3
Tricot Stitch
3/7
10 ~ 13 mm
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