Very little need for math at all. Just do as Emma says. You will wind up with pleats possibly just shy of a full return going by the numbers. I usually though just mark how many pleats I want on the narrow part and then do the same with the wider. Match pin to pin and fold the pleats. If I want a rolled pleat I just make sure the piece being pleated is at least four times as wide as the piece I'm pleating to. if I want shallow pleats, I just make sure it's between two to three. If you look at most historical garments, there is very little maths involved at all. It's more a case of how to best fit the two pieces that you have.
Michaela, Who did actually take maths (calculus) all the way to university. But fabric is not paper and you don't have to have the same rules as you do with geometry. http://glittersweet.com On 3/12/09, Aylwen Garden <aylwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I guess this is another good reason why all girls should do math at school! > Bye for now, toddling off now to do the math...... _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
