"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. If you are a raw beginner to smocking I do not recommended these designs but if
you have a good pictorial stitch instruction book in hand amd 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
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