> I read one instruction set that calls for pleating organza by hand and > pressing by iron, but that sounds tedious and not quite the right look. To > my eye it looks more of a set pattern crinkle in an up and down pattern, > not really pleated as in a knife pleat, if that makes sense. But I am kinda > stumped as to how to go about doing this. I already have gold organza to > pleat, so I am not looking to find ribbon already done up, unless I really > have to.
Hi Kimiko, I'm pretty sure it's simply accordian pleated, so it might be easiest to fold the fabric up like one would for paper. Does anyone remember making paper fans as children? Sort of like the parchemtn fan of some queen/empress or other that is still in a museum somewhere. You fold the paper back, edges parallel, then turn it over and fold to the same line. Repeat to the end. For the fan you'd fold the folded paper int he middle and tape the touching edges of course;) If the fabric is a sheer gold, then in period it would have been made with a good deal of real metal. I have some metal organza that forms very sharp creases and folds and would not require much ironing to create accordian pleats at all. So I can imagine with more metal this becomes easier. My crinkle metal organza has more metal and holds those crinkles like crazy! So it may come down to choosing a nice sheer fabric with a real metal componant and making tiny folds, using the fingernail to crease. Or there may be some something akin to pletaing tape made for very fine accordian pleats. michaela de bruce http://glittersweet.com > And fwiw, I am basing my French hood on Princess Elizabeth's portrait, > http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/kideliz.jpg > with hopefully similar jewel billiment set from Mary Tudor Brandon's > wedding portrait. > http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/marytudor.jpg -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.6/59 - Release Date: 27/07/2005 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
