Canadian Smocking Tutorial

 This example is my grid as a kind of spray so the smocking enlarges as I move down the grid. This is a bit too small so it doesn’t give enough of an idea of how it will grow.

Playing with the scale, a wider grid 2" creates billows, this could be very beautiful in taffeta and even a larger scale. Neoprene could be an interesting material to work with with a large scale grid as it would have rigidity.

Leaf smocking

 https://ruthsinger.com/2017/02/23/smocking-2/

Herringbone smocking.

Applications 

http://www.anniecoggan.com/

https://www.themakerie.com/2019-mini-makerie-annie-coggan

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Applied to velvet, creates a structural and stiff smock, used in upholstery

A single row/double row of smocking, large scale, to create drape.