Where to go next with smocking

More stitches and garments.

• Try trellis, wave, diamond and honeycomb stitches.
• Smock a small area at a neckline.
• Try a dress with a smocked yoke.
• Smocking was used most in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Sources

All checked November 1, 2026. We read these; we did not test the products ourselves.

1. SewingTrip: Smocking stitches by hand
2. Wikipedia: Smocking
3. Pink Hollybush Designs: How to hand pleat for smocking