Don't use pleating tape, the pleats end up being only about 1/2" deep, so there are a lot of them to sew. And the tape adds a lot of bulk. Instead make a facing with 1/4" gingham. That way you can easily make even pleats, using the gingham as a guide. I like making pleats 1" deep. Quick whip stitches and you're done!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h-cost] possibly OT -- Academic Hoods I want to make me a gown out of either linen or tropical weight wool -- wearing a "black plastic bag" in south Georgia in the summer is not my idea of fun! And I got curious as to hood patterns.? I had planned to make my own garb, but then got out of academia, so never did.? I was going to borrow a friend's hood fto make?the pattern.? I think some of the minister/choir robe patterns on the market are good for the robe.? They used to sell pleating tape that would make the little cartridge pleats, and I was going to use that to get the proper pleating.? Silk would probably be more authentic than linen or wool, but linen would be more comfortable, for sure, and wool wouldn't wrinkle like linen, which would probably be a total mess by the end of the ceremony.? Also, it seems to me most linens are not deep, dark, black. Good luck! Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Susan Farmer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 3:57 pm Subject: [h-cost] possibly OT -- Academic Hoods Has anybody ever run across a pattern for contemporary Academic Hoods (which if you believe the line that the college uses are "unchanged since the 13th century -- I'm gonna make me 13th century academic garb if I can figure out what it is -- just because!)?? ? I want to make me a gown out of either linen or tropical weight wool -- wearing a "black plastic bag" in south Georgia in the summer is not my idea of fun! And I got curious as to hood patterns.? ? Susan? -----? Susan Farmer? [email protected]? Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College? Division of Science and Math? http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/? ? _______________________________________________? h-costume mailing list? [email protected]? http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume? _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
