Re: [h-cost] measuring question for pleats
In a message dated 3/12/2009 3:33:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, michaela.de.br...@gmail.com writes: Very little need for math at all. Having been the one who brought up math, I must say here that I agree. I mean the math will never be completely accurate unless you take into account the thickness of the fabric and its stretchability, if any and stuff like that. Let's not get ridiculous. But it is good to know and keep in the back of your mind that full return pleats need 3 times the fabric. It's just a reference point. And I usually do the equation I wrote out on, like, 1/2 a skirt's measurements to help me keep things symmetrical on the other side. But fudging is always required. I like how in many 19th century skirts, where long straight lengths are being pleated into tiny waists, the pleating will be regular (more or less) in the front and sides, with the right, balanced, volume of fabric being the obvious concern, and then whatever is left over is cartridge pleated into inches of CBCartridge pleating being easy to distribute. **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219671244x1201345076/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] measuring question for pleats
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 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
Re: [h-cost] measuring question for pleats
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.. Aylwen On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:37 PM, e...@huskers.unl.edu wrote: > > > Yes. Don't worry about measurements. > > > > *** > > I was gonna say: "Yes. Math." > > - > > And this is why I love this list. > ___ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] measuring question for pleats
Yes. Don't worry about measurements. *** I was gonna say: "Yes. Math." - And this is why I love this list. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] measuring question for pleats
In a message dated 3/11/2009 10:52:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, e...@huskers.unl.edu writes: Is there a simple way of measuring/marking fabric that is 94cm wide and need to have a piece of fabric 194cm wide pleated onto it, where the pleats are inverted and all need to be the same size? Bye for now, Aylwen ___ Yes. Don't worry about measurements. *** I was gonna say: "Yes. Math." Full return pleats require 3 times the finished length. Otherwise, you subtract the finished length from the total length of the unpleated fabric. What's left over is how much must be taken up in the returns. Decide how many pleats you want, divide the return length by that number and you know how deep each pleat must be. (I'm not going to do it for you) **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219671244x1201345076/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] measuring question for pleats
Subject: [h-cost] measuring question for pleats Dear list Is there a simple way of measuring/marking fabric that is 94cm wide and need to have a piece of fabric 194cm wide pleated onto it, where the pleats are inverted and all need to be the same size? Bye for now, Aylwen ___ Yes. Don't worry about measurements. Pin the ends of the two bands together, about where the seam allowance will end up.. Find the middles of both pieces of fabric, and pin them together. Find the middles of what's left and pin them together. Repeat until your pins are about as far apart on the shorter piece of fabric as you want your pleats to be. Since you're doing inverted pleats, find middles and pin one more time. The last bit is harder to explain than it would be to demonstrate: manipulate the fabric into the inverted pleats you want. Okay, the shorter piece I'm going to call the band, and the looped longer piece is the bubbles. Smooth the first two bubbles together, up tight against the second pin. (The first pin is about where your seam allowance will be. The second pin separates the two bubbles) Flatten your inverted pleat and pin to the band. Continue with the rest of the pleats. Emma ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] measuring question for pleats
Sorry, my measurements were wrong - it should read as: fabric 94cm fabric to pleat to fit above 284cm Image: http://www.simplicity.com/section/sewtips/graphics/invertedPleat.gif Bye for now, Aylwen On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Aylwen Garden wrote: > Dear list > > Is there a simple way of measuring/marking fabric that is 94cm wide > and need to have a piece of fabric 194cm wide pleated onto it, where > the pleats are inverted and all need to be the same size? > Bye for now, > > Aylwen > ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] measuring question for pleats
Dear list Is there a simple way of measuring/marking fabric that is 94cm wide and need to have a piece of fabric 194cm wide pleated onto it, where the pleats are inverted and all need to be the same size? Bye for now, Aylwen ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
