Here is the Smocked Skirt!

 So I kinda got ahead of myself on things again... there are only the after shots. BUt I followed the directions from the tutorials posted previous to this, I have an elastic at the top of the waist line and then I did the smocking wit the elastic thread in the bobbin, the only difference is that I already had my skirt in tube form so instead of having to cut after each line of elastic thread was done, I  just did a spiral effect and kept turning the skirt as I sewed. I LOVE IT! and I hope my little girl does too! 

I'll make a matching tie for my little guy too.. minus te red sparkly tool! :)

How to Smock/Shirr fabric

I am making a cute little skirt for my little girl for Christmas and have been wanting to try smocking the waist line. I have not smocked anything yet and always thought it would be difficult to do until someone told me about threading the bobbin with elastic thread! Are getting the picture on how easy it can be? Well. here is a tutorial I found that that explains it very well and I will be following as I smock!

Pretty Ditty Smocking/Shirring Tutorial

I'll take pictures of my smocking process too and post them later on! I'm so excited!