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  "Grace Knott Smocking Plates"

Grace Knott was quite a gal.  Singly handedly she began our current wave of the smocking industry born out of the 1940's.   These designs have been reprinted over and over again with Lady Fair#44, Candy Stripe#45 & Winsome #48 coming from 1952 and #1029 comes from 1954.  They represent the bold geometric style of the 40's and 50's when smocking was done on solid fabric, before the smocking on prints craze flourished in the 1980's.  You will also find some early attempts at picture smocking (before the birth of our current picture smocking stars of the 1980's), and you will also find some easy ribbon weaving and bullion rose embellishment plates as well).  

The majority of these designs use more than 16 rows and so are suited for full bodice designs for young ladies dresses, nighgowns and robes and/or for pillows.  Because these are the original old designs the directions already assume you know how to smock and are a bit stark in their descriptions with no graphs to follow. I do not recommended these for raw beginners unless you have a good pictorial stitch instruction book in hand with your whole brain engaged in teaching yourself how to smock geometric style, these designs might just be the ticket.

The classic clothing patterns of the 1950's designed to go with these plates are on this page Grace Knott Patterns

Plates are $2.50 each, such a bargain

GK#1 The Oriental

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GK#3 The Butterfly

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GK#4 The Flower Basket

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GK#5 The Bluebell

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GK#6 Valentine

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GK#7 - Sherwood Panel

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GK#8 - The Wheel

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GK#9 - Jewelled Pyramid

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GK#10 - The Windsor

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GK#12 - The Jewelled Standard

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GK#12r - Jewelled Standard

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GK#13 - Cathedral Windows

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GK#14 - Fantasy

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GK#17 - Bebe

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GK#18 - Peasant

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GK19 - Cherie

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GK21 - Marigold

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GK21r - Marigold

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GK23 - Jack and Jill

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GK24 - Victorian Lace

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GK#1025

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GK#1026

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GK#1027

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GK#1028

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GK#1029

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GK1030

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GK1031

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GK35 - Palace Guards

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GK36 - Granny's Windows

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GK38 - Tiffany

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GK44 - Lady Fair

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GK45 - Candy Stripe

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GK48 - Winsome

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GK13r - Canterbury

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GK32r - Devonshire

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GK37 - Lavender

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GK39 - Hillary Grace

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GK41 - Midsummer

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GK49 - Lucy Locket

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GK50- Polly Peachum

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Need a place to store your plates?

Vinyl Binder for Smocking Plate Storage

3 ring Vinyl Binder 6" x 9" perfect for storing your smocking plates and graphs

Vinyl Binder
$6.50 each

Vinyl Plate Protectors 10 per pack size 6" x 9" - $6.50 per pack

6" x 9"
$6.50 each

Vinyl Plate Protectors 10 per pack size 8 1/2" x 11" - $6.50 per pack

8 1/2" x 11"
$6.50 each

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