I’m so excited to be able to complete projects and share them! . You can also use a length of twill tape for the waistband.Quarter mark your waistband and skirt. Tie the threads together.After sewing, fold the waistband up, kicking the bottom fold of each pleat out. I like to pin every one to two inches.Start attaching pleats to the waistband or tape using an overhand whipstitch. Unfortunately, have to finish nine Irish dance solo dresses for Feb 15 competition and March 15 show.
July 17, 2016 at 8:27 PM Leave a Reply Cancel reply. This will make them look more like And if you are overthinking how to do all these pleats, take a look at my I now have a full online class about creating cartridge pleats in a 19th century skirt project.This thanks is long overdue. Now I know how to do it! Thank you!So happy, Kathy, that you learned and learned again!
Very well done. This amount will taper around the top of your skirt in accordance to your marked lengths.A machine edgestitch on the fold of the fabric is a modern tip that provides support and makes the whole pleating process easier.The first row of stitching works best at 1/8” to 1/4” down from the top fold. I know I do. Ladies' Trousers for Sport Product Categories. Keep this turn under within 5 inches or so.
Wool will have wider spaced stitches than cottons and silks.Finish the raw top edge of your skirt before folding to the inside for pleating (see below). Back to challenge#1…Okay, I can’t resist the pull of a challenge like this!! I’m very new at costuming but I’ll try to get as many done as I can.Hello! P.S. You can sew up to 5 rows depending on the fabric, but most 19Finish your waistband separately before attaching the pleats. I use my own tutorials for projects as I come back around to particular techniques. . Tell us how. If the thread breaks – the pleats come out.Thread a long needle, such as an embroidery or millinery needle, and make a firm knot, leaving several inches of a tail.Repeat for additional rows. This should be nearly the length of the flat skirt width but could be shorter if you remember to pull up the pleats as you sew.Use strong thread such as button thread or millinery thread. Detailed Tutorials: Lesson 1: Discussing fabrics & special tools, taking measurements, and sewing the mockup; Lesson 2: Fitting the mockup and pattern alterations ; Lesson 3: Main corset construction including busk and boning channels; Lesson 4: Finishing with binding, setting in grommets and lacing the corset; Nowadays you’ll find a variety of corset patterns on the market. I’ll go back and link it to your challenge page when that is up. My list already runs into March as I mull over ideas for the Stripes challenge.I’m in! Welcome and I can’t wait to see what you create!Yeah, this is fun, I will post my progress shortly.What a fun theme for an historical sewing challenge – this is what I need to motivate me! This is a fabulous tutorial, thank you so much. Sew Historically Live The Old-Fashioned Way! I know it’s going to stretch me thin time wise but all the challenges so far sound like things I can do and more importantly things I want to do Count me in for at least several of the challenges. Then I’m freeee. Twitter. It has been a few years since the first time I tried this and thanks to you, it was a huge success. Place the tape along the skirt edge to make your dot marks. I modified it slightly for my needs as I wanted about a quarter of the skirt in the center front to lay flat as if it was a double skirt with a 3/4 cartridge pleated overskirt. Tutorials; Simplifying the Search for Undergarment Patterns – Chemise & Drawers. Glad to have helped your sewing journey. Cartridge pleating stitches are placed in evenly-spaced rows. One thought on “ What is Understitching? I’ll add your blog once you leave a comment with a link to a completed post either on a Challenge post or on FacebookSo happy you started this. Reply. Found on straight panel skirts of the late 1830s through 1860s and on full sleeve caps from the 1830s to 1860s, these pleats are very easy to create and can be adapted to all sorts of fabrics.The skirt to apply cartridge pleats and finished waistbandButtonhole or strong glazed thread that matches fabricCartridge pleats are made from 2 or more rows of uniform hand basting stitches run along the top edge of the skirt. Cartridge pleats are eye-catching! My blog on challenge # is already up on my blog. I’m also working in challenge #1, which is I had to make the underthings for, so I’ll post my blog on that first challenge as soon as I finish.
Neat little pleats stacked in a row, stitched together and standing at attention.