Holiday Smocking Plates
Eight seasonal plates in holiday colors: Christmas, Easter, Valentine, Halloween, autumn and Thanksgiving. They are short bands meant for bodices, pillowcases and stocking cuffs, and they reuse the same stitches as the beginner set. The collection costs $19 once, with no subscription, and arrives as a ZIP with eight print ready PDFs, eight SVG charts and a short read me.
Sample from the collection
Plate 1, Christmas Red and Sage, drawn by the same engine that produces the files you download.
The eight plates
| # | Plate | Stitches | Pleats | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christmas Red and Sage | cable, baby wave | 37 | 4 |
| 2 | Candy Cane Stripes | cable, outline, stem | 37 | 4 |
| 3 | Snowfall Trellis | cable, trellis | 37 | 5 |
| 4 | Easter Pastel Waves | baby wave | 37 | 6 |
| 5 | Valentine Honeycomb | honeycomb, cable | 38 | 3 |
| 6 | Autumn Harvest Wave | wave, cable, stem | 37 | 5 |
| 7 | Halloween Night Lattice | trellis, cable | 37 | 4 |
| 8 | Thanksgiving Cable Ladder | cable | 37 | 3 |
What each PDF contains
- Page 1: the plate in standard graph notation, with pleat numbers along the top, row numbers down the side and a one inch check square printed at exact size.
- Page 2: pleat counts and raw fabric widths for chest sizes 18 to 28 inches, a floss estimate per color and row by row instructions.
- An SVG of the same plate that you can enlarge, recolor or print at any size.
How the numbers are worked out
Pleats sit a quarter inch apart and pleater rows a quarter inch apart. The floss estimate adds the visible travel of each stitch, a quarter inch per bite, four inches of tail at each end and 15 percent for waste, then converts strands into 6 strand skeins of 8 meters. You can try the same calculation for free in the Plate Designer before you buy anything.
Free plates that match this collection
Good to know
- You may print the plates as often as you like for your own sewing and sell garments you make from them.
- Redistributing the files or selling the plates themselves is not allowed.
- Questions before buying? See the FAQ or the terms of sale.
Your ZIP is available for download as soon as Stripe confirms the card payment. One time payment, no subscription.
Read next
- My files: Download the smocking plate collections you bought.
- Diamond Trellis: Diamond Trellis, a free intermediate smocking plate: 33 pleats, 5 rows, floss estimate and row by row instructions.
- Double Trellis Border: Double Trellis Border, a free advanced smocking plate: 37 pleats, 6 rows, floss estimate and row by row instructions.