Smocking Pattern Design From Origami Tessellations

There’s many traditional smocking patterns, but we can make many new ones too! Origami tessellations share the same properties of being made from a single sheet of paper, so if we find the points that have been brought together in the paper we can use that as a smocking pattern. Check out my website for physical and digital smocking patterns: Get a pattern and detailed video instructions for a Christmas stocking: