According to the Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion, smocking (traditionally used on children’s clothing) is "decorative needlework used to hold gathered cloth together. The stitches catch alternate ...

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Helen O’Hanrahan has been an embroiderer at the Witswatersrand Embroiderers Guild for about 15 years. As a little girl, she was introduced to the skill by the nuns of the convent school she attended. ...