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-What is Smocking?

-Smocking is an embroidery technique

used to gather fabric so that it can stretch.
It consists of needle work on a garment
that is made by gathering the cloth tightly
in stitches.

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-Smocking is an art form whose origin has
been obscured in history but has been
handed down from generation to generation
much like the sagas, songs and myths,
however it's roots are traceable to a point
through looking at the art of the past and in
stitchery. If you look at paintings from the
Italian and German Renaissance you will
see lots of examples of smocking on men¶s
and ladies wear.

-When smocking really started we don't

know but according to tradition, smocking
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-From the late 17th century to the Industrial Revolution of the late 19th
century the Smock Frocks were a very popular piece of clothing for the
rural peoples of the British Isles to wear.

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promoted by Butterick & Co. late 19th Century- became very popular from
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Counterchange in America has an interesting place in pre and post civil
war southern life and has advanced greatly in the past 10 years into a
unique form of picture smocking without cables.

- Lattice smocking found in smocked pillows

during 60¶s & 70¶s.

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 corners of the gingham squares, or the stripe edges, or the
repeating pattern are picked up with needle and thread in a specific pattern. This can be
either a geometric repeating design or something Counterchange consists of fabric that
is either gingham, striped, a tiny repeat, or lovingly hand marked by the stitcher. Its
lovingly because it requires that a horde of teeny dots be marked if you are making
through that route.

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Lattice smocking is mostly found in pillows and
curtains. These are large repetitive folds of fabric
in lovely patterns that are made by making those
dots again.
It is also known as American or North American
and Canadian smocking

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It is as also known as Italian shirring.

It is done on a pleated fabric.

A pattern is followed by making running

stitches on a Plane fabric.

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This type of smocking is mostly found in kids

wear.
Picture smocking has also become extremely
gorgeous and clever. Embellishments are
another love of smockers - especially bullions
in the form of roses, leaves and other
flowers.

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Shirring is a sewing technique
which uses multiple rows of stitches
with elastic thread to create rows of
gathers.
It is an older embroidery technique
which is related to smocking. Both
are designed to allow fabric to
stretch and snug up to fit.

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- It is a sewing technique.

- It is related to smocking.

- Rows of thread with elastic thread

are used to create gathers.

- It is used decoratively or
functionally in sewing projects.

- It may be used to add structure or

add form to a garment.

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-Knitted centre shirring This kind of shirring is the oldest
type of shirred rugs and are quite straightforward to
construct. This technique is done by taking strips of
fabric and working them onto a thread, then going in an
out to supply folds along the thread. The shirred sections
are then coiled and stitched to create the rug.

-Edge Shirring  This technique is done along one edge

of a strip of fabric instead of in the center. The rugs are
typically scrub and have to have a spacing strip to permit
the rug to lie flat.

-Mono-shirring  This system is used to create a thick

mat or blanket by trying a single giant piece of wool
fabric which is gathered along many threads.

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It is a form of fullness which is formed by
Tacking, which is later pulled and fastened
in the edge.

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1.) Hand Gathering

2.) Machine Gathering

3.) Automatic Gathering

4.) Elastic Gathering

5.) Channel Gathering

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is done on one or more
rows of running stitches, the more rows of
stitches the deeper the gathers produced.
When the rows of stitching are parallel and
identically spaced the gathers look like fine
pleats

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is faster than hand
gathering and can be done using a straight
stitch with the top tension loosened and the
fabric gathered onto the bobbin thread. The
density of the mini-folds, in combination with
the stitch length determines the fullness.
done by encasing the gathering cord under
one or more rows of zigzag stitch.

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is performed while sewing rather that arranging
the fabric afterwards. It requires the use of either a gathering foot or a
more complicated ruffler. Both lock an extra piece of fabric into the stitches
as sewing is done.

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can be done by straight stitching with elastic on the
bobbin this gives a soft gather, a fuller gather can be achieved by
zigzagging over cord elastic which is stretched during stitching.


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is performed by either stitching a casing through
which a length of cord, ribbon, rod etc. is placed, or by creating loops,
holes or slots through which the gathering element is woven.

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We studied three elements of garment detailing (Smocking, shirring and gathers)

We can identify the difference between the three of them.

We are able to identify there present usage as the will be always existing in fashion

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Ms. Lekha Rajeev Ashitha, Krithika &
Surendran

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