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Maria's Index of Threads Magazine Articles (
http://www.freespace.net/~marpin/threads.htm#SP ) shows these issues/pages. Pleating 42-54 Pleats 81-48 Pleats - Cartridge 79-64 Pleats - Open 92-62 Pleats - Skirt 84-20 Pleated Fabric 31-47 Pleated Fabric 46-48 Pleats Twisted 39-32 Pleats in skirt 30-43 I've completed my collection of Threads magazines so will try to look at these today to see if any of them tell how to make a pleater. -:¦:- ·.·´¨ ¨)) ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ..·´ Chris ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ ·.· Washington State, USA wrote in message ... I do believe I recall seing instructions for making a DIY pleater in an older issue of Threads magazine. Might you be able to access it through Threads online mag.? Let me know; if you can't access anyhing, I'll dig through my files and see what I can turn up. Cea |
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OK all. I finally got to the actual making of the pleater I
neede for this cummerbund project (which now may grow to 250 of the things!!). After much searching and lots of help from you all, I ended up going with heavy (shirt collar weight) interfacing in place of the Vilene Fusible Badge Backing 1050HF. The first stuuf I bought for stiffening looked interesting, labled as shirt weight fusible, somewhat spider-webby looking and very stiff. I neglected to write down the brand, tho. Texture was nice, but I've NEVER had such a problem with fusible shrinkage! I did the usual preshrink steaming, watched it contract what seemed like miles, and thought, OK, I'm ready to fly. When I tried fusing it to the cotton face, though, I got about 10% more shrinking, making for an amazing pebbled surface. I was reminded of some of the deliberate fabric crinkling techniques I've seen. NOT what I need for this job, however. Oncce that was tosssed out, I pulled out my old standby Pellon Shirt-tailor (I think it's labled). Fused like the champ it has always been. I spent quite while getting the pleats just right (one line always wanted to go crooked), and steamed the life out of it. Adding the back webbing and face was simple. This thing looks like it will be a real life saver. I drew on the cotton alignment points for the cummerbund piece in two sizes, and tried it out on a handfull of samples. It takes a bit of patience to get it tucked in, but much less fuss than marking and aligning. I suspect practice will improve the speed, too. Total time to make this was ~45 minutes, including fighting the rotten interfacing stuff. Total time saved: anybody's guess. Now that I know how easy it can be, I may just make myself one for skirts and miscellaneous projects. Thanks to all of you for all your help. $.01 |
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