Dear Suzi,
Again you have ben very helpfull. Many thanks for your answer.
My taffeta isnt shot, so i guess it doesnt matter.
I did play with the wired goldtrim and made small sampler trims and i liked
the way mine is looking, so ill just use it.
To tell the truth, the trim is just a christmas pressent ribbon, but it
looks very nice, and i baught yards and yards of it.
Its because it has the look of antique gold, and not the shiny man made
fiber crap you find in trim stores.
Oh gosh its going to be so boring to make all that pleated trim, it has trim
all over....................
Bjarne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suzi Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] pleated trim question.
At 09:30 10/04/2007, you wrote:
I am a little unsertain how i should cut the panels for the trims on this
dress i am making:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/sofie3.htm
I want to make small box pleats, but i wondered if the trim should be cut
in the height or could i just cut it out in the breath?
Sorry if i misspelled the words.
Jean Hunniset says that its not nescesary to cut that much fabric for
trim. She says 11/2 or 2 times the lengt, but i think i should use at
least 3 times the lenght.
If you are making box pleats, Hunnisett says that you should use 3 times
the length, I.5 to 2 times is for gathers.
It really doesn't matter whether you cut across the fabric width or down
the length, unless you have a shot fabric, in which case you need to
decide which way according to how the colour changes. (Sometimes you want
the contrast.) Many trimmings on original garments are made up from scraps
of leftover material, so if it is not a shot fabric you can use it both
ways.
I have plenty of fabric for the dress, so i dont have to be carefull. I am
using a little tiny gold trim in the edge, wich is wired, so its easy to
make the pleats.
Incidentally I used a wired trim for one dress I made, and hated the way
it looked when finished, so took it all off, pulled out the wire and did
it all again! (Must have been mad!)
Suzi
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