Square Neck Smock

I have 6 bands of embroidery made by machine and gifted to me.  I made a facing of 3 bands for the neckline of this Smock.

All pieces have been cut out and the gores have been attached to the sides of the body

Materials:  3 yds 21" 100% lightweight linen

Used: 2 yds and a bit.

5-1-12

5-2-12

This is comforatble does not have a huge amount of fabric under the arms, love the sleeves and the neckline!

Spent all day working on the cuffs as I had to cut one sleeve shorter, cut new size cuffs (longer and thiner) added a black edge to the cuff ruffle and sewed it all together.

Now only finish the Seam Allowances inside and hem (which needs a little patch), Oh Yes and some hook & eyes for the cuffs.

Cuff with black embroidery edge                                                                                     

  Smock & Kirtle

So I didn't like the ruff edge treatment and pulled out the threads today.

I'm sewing a rolled hem to finish the edge,

then I'm going to sew down a thread of DMC black to match the images we see in portraits.

The final results are not perfect.  I expect that a thicker thread would have been better and sometime there was a plait used.