1. Mark the rows of dots onto the wrong side of the fabric. Use a long strand of sewing thread for the gathering, working each row from right to left. Begin by knotting the thread and making a small backstitch. Work along the rows horizontall ing up each dot or corner of a check with a tiny stitch. Leave the 2 ends of the gathering threads 3 Honeycomb stitch is worked hanging down at the end of each from left to right, taking up row ready to pull up, two folds with two stitches each SRR sesenmanes 4 Trellis stitch makes zigzag rows which combine to create a diamond pattern. Begin at the top left and work downward. Make a stitch over two folds, bring the needle out between the folds and make another SE stitch over the next two folds. Continue in-this way to the bottom point of the zigzag, then work upward. (Stitches should be the same distance apart), Ser ae 2 After drawing through all the gathering threads, pick up all the ends and pull them taut. Gather up the fabric to the given width, making sure that the folds are equally distributed. Fasten off the thread ends in | pairs. Then embroider the folds Z from the right side, keeping 5 Herringbone stitch is a decorative stitch in smocking, Begin at the the thread fairly loose to top left corner and work from left to right, taking up two folds with enable the work tohave an elas- each stitch. The lower row of stitches is worked in staggered tic quality. When complete, formation to the upper row by taking up the last fold of the pair pull out the gathering threads. just worked with the next fold along. time. Two rows are worked at the same time, joining the folds in a staggered formation. The thread is ‘guided through the last fold of one pair to the next row, alternately upward and downward. This form of smock- ing is very elastic, enabling the bodice to stretch well.