> Are cartridge pleats and organ pleats the same thing? That's what Janet > Arnold says in PoF, and I'm inclined to believe her.
Can o' worms! Cartridge pleating seems to have become synonymous with overhanding. Yet you can overhand almost any kind of pleat to reduce bulk at the waist. I usually overhand pleats that overlap so I don't wind up with 8 layers of fabric in my waist! These most certainly are not cartridge pleats. It should refer only to those pleats padded and overhanded so as to look like a row of cartridges. Otherwise it could mean nearly any kind of pleat under the sun and be of no help whatsoever when used to describe a garment. It also leads to cross purposes when giving instructions for how to assemble a garment. The term is also a very recent one, it's seen in the 1920s and not much earlier. I've also been lead to believe that gauging was the 19thC term but I can only find that to refer to the method of drawing of the gathers to be overhanded. > I can only find box pleats, knife pleats and the likes! No "open" pleats. That's all I can find. Well actually pleats and reverse pleats usually. And that is about as specific as it gets;) I have a feeling it was mostly a case of "make this fit the neatest way how." Michaela http://glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/475 - Release Date: 13/10/2006 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
