ALMOFADA MODELO E GRÁFICO

Method of calculating 

material need for

Canadian smocking for

"Matrix design"

 

 

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ALMOFADA MODELO E GRÁFICO

Method of calculating 

material need for 

Canadian smocking 

"Arrow head design"

 

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ALMOFADA MODELO E GRAFICO

Graph and Instructions 

for Canadian smocking 

using design " Bones"

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ALMOFADA MODELO FRENTE E VERSO

Front and back views of

Canadian smocking designs

Frente e Verso do canadense 

projetos smocking

Here are some designs which

I recently did.I have used 2 cm graph.

Material used is satin.

Here you can see how

the pleats can be  arranged.

Aqui estão algumas imagens onde

  eu usei 

2 centímetros.

Material utilizado é cetim.

Você pode ver como as dobras nos modelos

podem ser arrumadas.

 

"Leaf" design

Projeto da "Folha"

Design "Matrix"

Projeto "Matrix"

 

Design " Bones "

Projeto "Bones"

Design " Shells"

Projeto  " Shells"

 Design " Braid "

Projeto " Braid "

Design " Arrow head"

Projeto " Arrow head"

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White cushions with 

Canadian smocking teverse of

'Bee cottage design" 

These cushions are done by 

the method " Joining 4 points. 

" It is the reverse of " Bee cottage " 

design.Smocking is done on graph

of 3cm squares.Border of 7.5cm is 

marked  all around.Finished smocked

piece will beof size

( 7.5cm +3cm+9cm+3cm+9cm+3cm+7.5cm) 

=42cm x 42cm. Size of finished 

cushion will be 40cm x 40cm

" Joining 4 points. "

Method of doing 

"Flower design" 

in Canadian smocking 

In Flower design folds are created

by joining 4 points of a square. 

From this stitch we can create as

many designs as we want. It has 

got many names. One of them

is" Bee cottage."
Flower design is worked on 

the right side of the fabric

. We cannot draw squares on 

the right side of the fabric as it

shows. Only dots should be

marked.Both the sides of this 

design are used to create designs.

Mark rows of dots 2 cm or 3 cm 

or 4 cm apart on right side of the

fabric according to the design and 

according to your taste. I find it

difficult to mark dots in the front.

So as usual I secure the fabric to 

my working table with 3M tape and 

draw squares back side of the fabric. 

Then I transfer the corner points of the

squares to the right side with 

the help of a light colored carbon paper.

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Method of calculating material need for

Canadian smocking -"Arrow head design"

Material need for Canadian 

smocking depends upon 

the flowing things

1. Size of the finished 

material we need.
2. Design we select.
3. Size of the square in the

graph we use for smocking.

For each design I have arrived at 

a general formula using mathematics.

By just substituting the numbers 

in the formula we can find out  the 

width of the material by calculating how

many squares we need in a row. 

We can calculate the length of the

material needed by calculating 

how many squares we 

need in a column.
Diagonal of the square plays a 

great role in this. I will give you 

approximate values diagonals of

the squares we normally use.
Diagonal of a square 

of 2 cm =2 .8 cm
Diagonal will be for square 

of 2 .5 cm = 3.5 cm
Diagonal will be for square 

of 3 cm = 4.2 cm
Diagonal will be for square 

of 4 cm= 5.7 cm

Method of calculating 

material need for a cushion of

"Arrow head design"

 Cushion size 40 cm X 40 cm

Arrow head design

Size of the square

used in the graph= 3 cm

General formula to calculate 

width of the material

No of squares needed in row =

(width of the finished smocked

material needed x 4) ÷ diagonal 

of the square
General formula to calculate

length of the material

No of squares in a column =

(length of the finished smocked

material needed X 2) ÷

Diagonal of the square

Method of calculating the width of the material

No of squares needed in a row =

(40 cm X 4) ÷ 4.2 = 38 squares
Material needed for 38 squares =

38 X 3 cm = 114 cm
Width of the material needed =

114 cm + 2 cm  for 

seams =116 cm

Method of calculating the

length of the material

No of squares in a column = 

(length of the finished smocked

material needed X 2) ÷

Diagonal of the square
No of squares in a column = 

(40 cm X 2) ÷ 4.2 = 19 squares
Material needed for 19 squares =

19 X 3 cm =57 cm + 2 

cm for seams =59 cms.

 

Please note that the number

of squares in a row should

be of even number.
First row and last row are

smocked by joining 2 points

The remaining rows are smocked 

in pairs by the method

of joining 3 points.
In the same manner we can 

calculate the material needed 

for different sizes of  cushions

done with different sizes of squares.

 

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COMO FAZER ALMOFADA...

Method of calculating material

need for Canadian smocking for

"Matrix design"

 

 

 This design contains repetition of 2 columns

of squares marked with diagonals

(shown in pink colour) and one column

which is left blank (Shown in green colour). 

Finally ends with 2 columns of squares 

marked with diagonals.Tthat means there 

should be odd numbers of columns marked

with diagonals  separated by Gaps. In other 

words first and last columns should be

columns marked with diagonals. Numbers 

of repetitions of these three columns 

depend upon the size of the cushion 

and the size of the square of the graph used.
Smocking is done on pairs of columns marked

with diagonals together. After completing one

pair of column we have to move on to the next pair.


Width of the material after smocking

After smocking the width of one pair of 

column of squares become equal to ½ if the 

diagonal of the square used.he gap takes

the shape of an equilateral triangle 

(See the diagram 1) whose side is equal 

to the diagonal of the square. Width 

of the gap will be equal to the height 

of the triangle thus formed.
Height of the triangle can be calculated 

by using the diagonal of the square used
Height of the triangle =√ (diagonal²–½diagonal²) .

No need to worry about the formula. I have given

the table which gives the diagonal and height 

of the triangle formed when smocking is 

done on different sizes of squares.

Length

After smocking the height of two

rows will be equal to the 

diagonal of the square
With the help of these calculations

we can find out the number of squares we

need in each row and in each column. And 

then the material needed..Figures3,4and 5

explain the changes that take place after

smocking for different sizes of squares

I will give one example
How to calculate material needed for a 

cushion of size 40cm x40cm smocking

done on graph with squares 3cm x 3cm
Width
After smocking width first column

becomes half of the diagonal =2.1cm
Width of next gap will be equal to 

height of the triangle formed = 3.6cm
Total of these three squares will be 5.7cm
These three squares are repeated
Last column is column of squares with

diagonals (marked pink) its width is 2.1cm
Subtract 2.1 cm from 40 cm =37.9 cm
Now we have to find out how many

times the fist 3 squares whose width will 

be 5.7 can be repeated to get to get 37.9cm
37.9cm÷ 5.7= 6.6
We can repeat 6 times without fraction 

that means we have to repeat 3 squares 6 times
3x6= 18 squares + last column 2 squares. = 20 squares
If you smock on 20 squares resulting

material will be (8x 5.7) + 2.1= 34.2 cm

+ 2.1cm= 36.3 cm
It is 37  cm approximately  or 4cm less

than 40 cm this can be made up by adding

2 cm on either side as border to this

add 1cm on either side for seams
Length

We get 4, 2 cm when we smock 2 rows
These two rows should be repeated

40 ÷ 4.2= 9.5 times or 9 times 

without taking decimal
2 rows X 9 = 18 rows. When we smock 

these 18 rows the length we

get = 4.2 x 9= 37.8 cm
It is 2.2 cm less than 40 cm. it can 

be made up by adding 1 .1 cm 

on either side. 

To this add 1 cm on either side as border.
So the graph will have 18 rows each row having 20 squares
Width of the material=20 squares x 3cm=60cm + 6cm=66cm
Length of the material = 18 X 3 cm =54 cm + 4.2 cm=56.2 cm
Material needed =66 cm Χ 56.2 cm

 

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Method of calculating the fabric needed for smocking done by joining two points- 

"Leaf design"

 

 

Measurement of the cushion= 40 cm x 40 cm.

Size of the squares on which 

smocking is done= 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm

Design= " Leaf design".

Two columns of squares marked with 

diagonals are worked together while smocking. 

These form one column of smocked design. 

These columns are separated by columns 

of gaps on which smocking is not done.

Two columns of diagonals are separated

by one column of gap. These are

repeated to get the measurement we need.

Last two columns should be

of columns with diagonals.

So there will be even numbers of smocked

columns and gaps will one less.

In the above design square which are 

marked green are the squares on 

which smocking is done.

Draw a square of side 2.5 cm and measure

its diagonal. If we are accurate 

it will be 3.535. Let us take 3.5 cm.

After smocking 4 squares of the

first column (filled with red stripes) the 

width will be half of the diagonal that is 1.75 cm.

The length will be equal to the

diagonal of the square that is 3.5 cm.

There will be no change in the 

measurement of gaps

Keeping this calculation as basis 

we have to find out the number of 

squares we have to mark in each row 

and how many rows we need to 

get the size of cushion we need.

Width

Width of 2 smocked squares + 1 gap

= 1.75 cm + 2.5 cm =4.25 cm .By dividing

the width of the cushion by 4.25.

40/4.25 = 9.41

We have to repeat the design

9 times 4.25 x 9= 38.25

Last column of smocked squares =1.75 cm

So we need 10 pairs of columns marked 

with diagonals separated by 9 columns of gaps.

We have to mark 29 squares in each row

Width of these squares after smocking will be

1.75 cm x 10 no’s =17.5 cm

Width of 9 gaps =2.5 cm x 9 =22.5 cm

2.5 cm border added on each side for

seams and for wastage while stitching.

2.5 c m x 2 no’s =5 cm

Total =17.50 cm +22.50 cm + 5 c m= 45 cm.

Length

After smocking 2 rows will be equal to

the diagonal of the square we are working on.

Length of 2 rows after smocking =3.5 cm

Divide length of the cushion 40 cm by 3.5 cm

40/3.5 cm= 11. We have to repeat

these two rows 11 times.

We have to mark 22 rows.

2.5 cm border is added on each side

for seams and for wastage while smocking.

Material needed

Width= (2.5 cm x 29) + 5 cm =77.5 cm

Length= (2.5 cm x 22 rows) + 5 cm = 60 cm

In the same way you can calculate the 

material needed for cushions of different 

sizes and of different designs .If you 

change the measurement of the square 

of the graph calculate the diagonal 

accordingly and proceed.

Do Canadian smocking by joining two points 

following the above graph

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Canadian smocking by joining 2 points Shell design 

 

Shell pattern

In shell pattern two dots are connected with 

pulled stitches which are knotted and 

separated by a slack knotted stitch.

Mark squares of 2 .5 cm x 2.5 cm on the

wrong side of the fabric. Mark the red 

diagonal lines that represents pulled

stitch. Mark the numbers 1,2,3,4,....while learning, 

as it will be easier to follow the diagram.

.Stitch with 3 strands of Anchor thread of 

the colour that matches the fabric. Folds look 

good if satin material is used.Follow the steps

and stitch all the rows.2 rows of the squares

are used at a time.  I have explained them 

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