Smocked Corduroy is not my thing....

But, it is very pretty.

And, everything is looking like it should!
A cool way to control the threads, from the tackle aisle at Wal-Mart:
Still, things are going good:
And, everything was STILL going fine. Until it comes to the floss and design.
It's not like I haven't done this before, but, somehow, this kicked my ass. I can't even think of how I messed this up this bad, and yes, to the untrained eye, it's okay.
But, it's not.
But, I can't bear to look at it. I want to censor it; put some black lines across the eyes of the dress, so that it's not shamed by carrying around the ugly candy canes.
I'm sorry, but, this is something I can't do.
There.
I've said it.
My students should be reading this, because here's the thing.
Here's the thing I can't do.
At least not at this moment.
So......there will be practicing, and wonderful growth in this area over the next 3 weeks.
Ack!