Smocking the Gown

My mentor began by explaining the difference between smocking my sampler and my gown. When smocking the sampler, I smocked in a straight line. Now that I was smocking my gown, it was imperative that I smocked in a semicircle. Smocking in a circular fashion ensures that the gown would lie nicely on the baby. If I smocked straight across, the gown would not fit together properly. My mentor also taught me how to read a smocking pattern. I learned how to interpret the instructions for smocking the difference rows. After learning, I smocked for many hours to finish the decoration.