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cheryl laakes
mixed media artist


Smocked Ornaments
These ornaments are designed to be one-of-a-kind, heirloom ornaments, perfect for gifts (particularly for the person that “has everything”). Each ornament starts out as a strip of satin, which I then pleat to give it that “accordion” look. I embroider the fabric, and add any beads. At that point, I remove the pleating threads, stitch the fabric into a tube, and cinch it around a Styrofoam ball. Altogether, each jumbo ornament takes about 30 hours to complete (not including gluing time).
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