How to prepare and pleat knit fabric for smocking. Full video tutorial.

Are you afraid to smock with knits? You didn't know you could? Well I decided it was time to give it a try. The verdict is in and smocking knits is easy - I promise! This is the second of a series of posts that will walk you through pleating and smocking knit fabrics. Knits are such comfortable and easy care fabrics, that as sewists we should be smocking knits! Now not all knit fabric is suitable to pleat for smocking. For this post, I have tested cotton and rayon jersey as

Our organic knit fabrics by Stof Fabrics of Denmark have finally arrived (I ordered them in November) and I am so excited to have them in the shop. I have already started sewing with them and will have some wonderful ideas coming your way in the next few weeks. I know some people are hesitant to sew with knits, or think that you need a serger, but sewing with knits, while different, is easy! There are tons of tutorials on knits all over the internet, and quite frankly all th