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White cushions with 

Canadian smocking teverse of

'Bee cottage design" 

These cushions are done by 

the method " Joining 4 points. 

" It is the reverse of " Bee cottage " 

design.Smocking is done on graph

of 3cm squares.Border of 7.5cm is 

marked  all around.Finished smocked

piece will beof size

( 7.5cm +3cm+9cm+3cm+9cm+3cm+7.5cm) 

=42cm x 42cm. Size of finished 

cushion will be 40cm x 40cm

" Joining 4 points. "

Method of doing 

"Flower design" 

in Canadian smocking 

In Flower design folds are created

by joining 4 points of a square. 

From this stitch we can create as

many designs as we want. It has 

got many names. One of them

is" Bee cottage."
Flower design is worked on 

the right side of the fabric

. We cannot draw squares on 

the right side of the fabric as it

shows. Only dots should be

marked.Both the sides of this 

design are used to create designs.

Mark rows of dots 2 cm or 3 cm 

or 4 cm apart on right side of the

fabric according to the design and 

according to your taste. I find it

difficult to mark dots in the front.

So as usual I secure the fabric to 

my working table with 3M tape and 

draw squares back side of the fabric. 

Then I transfer the corner points of the

squares to the right side with 

the help of a light colored carbon paper.

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