Our Favorite Beginning Smocking Plates
Updated: May 3
Learning to smock and need a recommendation for the perfect first smocking design? We have compiled a list of our favorite geometric smocking plates perfect for beginners and those small projects with fewer rows. For a bishop, choose from one of the bishop designs. For a straight yoke, you can choose designs from either section depending of your project. Many of you may remember our sweet Pat Boudreaux. She loved smocking, and she loved helping our customers plan smocking projects. We've marked her favorites with her signature strawberry. For additional ideas, you can see more beginner smocking plates here.

Bishop/Round Yoke
Baby Hearts for Kerry by Ellen McCarn
Baby’s First Bishop by Cross Eyed Cricket Designs
Pint Size Posies by Cross Eyed Cricket Designs
Straight Yoke
Apple Blossom by Children’s Corner Patterns
Beginners Sampler by Ellen McCarn
Christening Day for Carlos by Ellen McCarn
Little Prince and Princess by Ellen McCarn
Robbie’s Bubbles and Bonnets by Ellen McCarn

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