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I joined a learning to smock yahoo group last month and now I'm behind!  I don't have a pleater so I have to do my pleats by hand. It's very time consuming and monotonous.  The fabric is plaid so at least I didn't have to mark it this time.  The smocking plate has daisies on it and is really cute. The fabric is a red and white plaid with white daisies strewn across it.  I have a Sew Beautiful issue from a year or so ago with a really cute prairie jumper that is smocked and that's what I'm going to make.  My 7 yr. old is soooo excited about it.  She saw me working on the pleating today and told her brother that she was going to have the "prettiest dress in the whole world".  I doubt that, but it will be cute if I can do a nice job.  Be watching for photos of the finished project in 3-4 months.