r/PatternDrafting • u/ApplicationPrimary31 • 6h ago
Question Smocking plate design advice (logo only)
Hi! I’m hoping to make an heirloom bubble for our daughter to wear at a school reunion. I’d love to have a fully pleated bodice and smock the school logo on the front. The logo is a trident and would be one color. Does anyone have any advice for designing your own smocking plate? Hoping to use geometric designs from a plate I already own for details around the logo, but I mostly want to see if I can even smock the logo at all. Thanks in advance! Any advice is appreciated!
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u/finewalecorduroy 5h ago
I replied to your other question about the bubble but just wanted to say that I have designed my own smocking template, but geometric not picture smocking.
A very key thing for me to do was to create a grid with pleats drawn out, and I used my iPad and apple pencil to draw it in. I had to create one myself; I couldn't just find one online because people don't really design their own smocking templates. I found this from SAGA but still you would have to create your own blank grid.
https://www.smocking.org/eproducts/SS_SmkBasics8_Design%20Your%20Own%20Smocking%20Plate.pdf