A good friend answered one of my questions: Smocking is a branch of fine needlework mostly seen these days in children's clothes. Look here: http://www.mariegracedesigns.com/marie_grace/2008/04/first-smocked-d.html Or here: http://www.everythingsewing.net/ornament.htm Now, we know. David Ritchie, refraining from smocking in Portland, Oregon
