Demonstration of Smocking at Fairfield Public Library Woods Branch
[Fairfield, CT, February 12, 2014] February is National Smocking month and The Fairfield Public Library is hosting the Thimbleberry Chapter of Smocking Arts Guild of America for a demonstration on Sunday, February 23. The demonstration will take place from 2:30 to 3:30 pm on the main floor of Fairfield Woods Branch Library, 1147 Fairfield Woods Road. If you are interested in smocking, heirloom sewing and fine needle arts this is the demonstration you don’t want to miss. Smocking is a centuries-old form of needlework consisting of surface embroidery stitches worked over gathered fabric. Smocking fundamentally is the manipulation of fabric using needle and thread. In its simplest form, smocking is decorative needlework stitched over pleats to embellish the item. However…