Smocking plates are designs with instructions on how to sew onto pleated fabric, providing consistency and continuity. They range from simple to intricate designs and can be used repeatedly. Smocking is a hand-sewing technique that creates elasticity in garments, and smoking plates are used for pattern consistency. They can be used with any type of stitch and are often used for children’s clothing.
Smocking plates, also known as smocking templates or smocking design plates, are smocking designs or patterns with schematic or written instructions on how to sew the design onto the pleated portion of the fabric. These smoking plates have evolved and developed over the years and have become increasingly detailed and include more directives. Smoker plates are used by both the more experienced sewer and those just starting out.
Fuming is a sewing technique that was first developed as a hand-sewing technique to produce elasticity within a garment before elastic was developed. Smocking follows a different and necessary pattern. Pattern consistency is necessary because of the need for a garment or piece to fit comfortably or lie down smoothly. For this reason, there is a clear need for the plates.
Smocking plates provide an outline or guide for the seam to be done on top of the pleats. The plates vary in theme and design, from the simplest patterns to the most intricate. Smoke plates can be drawn or ironed onto a piece of fabric. They are simply a pattern followed to create consistency and continuity in the piece in which they are used.
Any type of stitch can be used with a smoking plate. These plates simply provide an outline to follow for a stitch or row combination. These plates help ensure that those who wear them maintain consistency and evenness in their stitches. These plates will often include guidelines for cutting the smoking material and for maintaining smooth, even folds.
Smoking plates range from the most complicated designs to the most simplistic. A plate can be used repeatedly when a specific motif is going to appear more than once. The plate is placed on the stock and then moved when the stamped section transfer is complete. It is then used repetitively until the pattern is complete.
Most often created for children’s clothing, smoking plates can contain designs that create entire scenes to be placed on pleated fabric. For example, a popular theme for girls’ dresses is bunnies and flowers in a garden. Plates for these types of theme patterns usually contain the entire scene on a single plate. Regardless of the theme, smoking irons are a boon for heirloom sewers.
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