Since December of 1996 my smocking newsletter has been around bringing
you information on interesting information on smocking and related needlearts. Many other
shops have copied this information on their websites as I find bits and pieces
of my writings on the web, particularly commercial sites selling imported pre-smocked clothing some without giving me credit, but I just wanted
you to know that we were the first to have this information available on the web for you. Please enjoy and feel free to send in your questions
and comments and I will send you an answer almost immediately. (I do
want to remind you though that while the techniques of smocking is universal
the following written information is my own and is copyrighted, please do
not steal my ideas nor writings and claim it as your own - be a proper scholar
and give credit to your resources, I try to. The ideas for projects
are yours to keep, my gift to you.)
At the moment I am busy designing a new website and will get to updating the newsletters when I'm done. Stick around, great things to come.
Each issue may contain a short article upon a variety of topics along with
readers' questions and answers. The topics covered can be anything
ranging from history of smocking, tips, pattern reviews, intriguing web pages,
smocking plate reviews, what's new, smocking for dolls, silk ribbon embroidery,
heirloom sewing and antique clothing descriptionas well as a question and
answer section for the readers to partipate. Anything that relates
to putting a needle into fabric, the fabric itself and embellishments there
upon can and will be discussed at any point. Please feel free to submit
questions, comments and ideas to
mainfairy@smockingbooks.com.
We have suspended our yahoo sign ups to the (now) old Smocking Newsletter,
and have started up a new one with Google Groups, a much nicer place to call
home. The archives are here from all our newsletters listed below.
Please send in your email address to join our group. I have set
up the newsletter as a moderated list as well as a newsletter so you can ask questions and get answers fast.