Blocking and Centering

At our next meeting, I counted all the pleats in the batiste so my mentor and I would know where the center of the batiste was. When smocking, it is very important that the stitches are centered so the patterns will become centered on the gown once the stitches are completed. After counting three times to ensure there was no human error, we used a fabric marker to mark the center of the batiste. On either side of the mark there were an equal number of pleats. I used an iron to block the pleats into the fabric.