A round up of free heart designs for you to sew from smocking to bags to pillows.

A free smocking plate that can be downloaded featuring geometric and picture smocked hearts.

Places that accept donated fabric and craft supplies.

Here are 12 gift ideas for the sewing or smocking enthusiast in your life.

Different options to contain and organize embroidery floss.

A video tutorial on how to stitch a fine rolled hem on that works on different fabrics and curves.

Blocking a dress before cutting helps to set the pleats, establish the centerline and enable the piece to be accurately cut.

Pleating a bishop seamlessly avoids the lumps & bumps of seams caught in a pleater threads & broken pleater needles. Here is a full tutorial

A collection of free snowmen designs to stitch, sew and smock!

A piped and bound edge is a simple way to finish an opening that doesn't have a lining. This tutorial will show you how.

Create beautiful picture smocked designs with these 10 tips.

5 Tips to help pleat multiple items efficiently for smocking.

Picking thread colors for a smocking project can be challenging. Here are 10 tips to help choose the perfect floss color.

This video tutorial shows how to hand pleat fabric for smocking and provides several reasons why you may choose to hand pleat.

The advantages, disadvantages and tips for sewing with brushed & double brushed polyester fabric. Smocking with this fabric is also covered.

Video tutorial showing how to easily adapt Simplicity 9141 to add hand smocking.

Smocking for adults is simple with these 5 patterns.

The differences between shirring and smocking are explained and substituting one sewing pattern for another is discussed.

Embellishing a purchased onesie with a simple applique and some easy embroidery makes an adorable and very useful gift for a new baby.

New moms need tons of swaddle blankets. In this video tutorial learn how to quickly sew up one using a serger or sewing machine.