SMOCKING 101
The Last Smocking Resource You'll Ever Need
Stop trying to piece together a lesson from scattered videos and half-answered forum threads.
In Smocking 101, Gail Doane, with 40+ years of smocking experience, walks you through this elevated technique teaching you every major stitch in 9+ hours of close-up video, with a companion ebook so you never have to open twelve tabs to find one answer again.
9+ hrs 🎬
Sew with Gail as you watch on-demand video right from her sewing room
20+ Lessons 🪡
From a published Heirloom sewing expert with 40 years of smocking experience
~100 pg ebook 📘
featuring detailed step-by-step color photos for reference offline
40 Years of Gail Doane's Smocking Experience Distilled Down to One Clear Learning Path
One time payment • Lifetime access • All devices
WHY THIS COURSE EXISTS
Most sewists are intimidated by smocking.
But not because they lack talent.
The problem isn't talent. Most sewists have simply never watched the technique broken down slowly enough to see what's happening.
For years, students traveled across the country to sit beside Gail and learn smocking at her table.
But now, with Smocking 101 you'll receive the same close-up, detail oriented instruction so that you can finish your next piece with beautiful pleats, and embellishments that will take your work to a whole new level.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Nine hours of comprehensive skill instruction, one definitive smocking education.
Click the course names below to see details for all 21 modules!
1. Pleating and Preparation Course ($129 Value)
Blocking, pleating preparation, hand pleating, and more. The foundation for beautifully finished pieces.
2. Smocking Techniques Course ($129 Value)
Centering, cable stitch, trellis stitch, feather stitch, flowerettes, back stitching, and more. In this course, you'll build upon the foundation from course one and master techniques used by world-class sewists.
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Students Say Smocking 101 Changed The Way They Stitch
From total beginners to lifelong sewists, students are seeing real improvement
"I didn't initially think I was the target market for Smocking 101 because I already know how to smock. I only had to open the eBook and open the syllabus to see how mistaken I was."
- Amanda Cotton
(Sewing Cotton)
"What a wonderful class. It was so great that we could see so much detail up close. This was like having a front-row seat!"
- Katharyn R.
"Gail Doane has come through with absolute gold for those people interested in learning or improving their smocking."
- Abbey Wilkinson
(Dress Them Dearly)
"This class was worth every penny. It was well organized and easy to see the detail work."
- Cindy P
See every stitch from your point-of-view, not upside down, not backwards
Gail's 4 camera sewing studio lets you see it the way you'll actually stitch it
Overhead Long Shot
Watch Gail's hands at work on the sewing table
Super-Close Detail Shot
See the fine nuances that make exquisite finishing details.
Machine-Mounted Shot
See Gail work at her machines with no obstruction
Eye-Level Speaker Shot
Gail speaks directly to the camera from her sewing room.
THE HONEST COMPARISON
Same techniques. No travel. A fraction of the cost.
A Smocking Resource You'll Return to For Years to Come
Many students print and bind their ebooks so they can reference them forever.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Gail Doane
Heirloom sewing addict. Detail-oriented, but prepared to break the rules.
Gail brings 50 years of sewing and 40 years of smocking experience to every lesson. She has dressed seven children and an ever-expanding number of grandchildren in beautiful heirloom clothing. Students once flew across the country just to sit with her, and now her smocking techniques are available from your own sewing room.
50+ Years Sewing · 25+ Years Teaching · 20 Magazine Covers
