Here's the shirt I'm currently working on, it's BWOF 10-2007-117; it has 4 long pleats on the front and 2 long pleats on the back.
First you mark the dart on the fabric (I use a fabric pencil), then you thread baste a "ladder" up the dart. This shows the right side of the front bodice, two pleats side by side.
When you pull both ends of the thread, the fabric will fold right sides together and the basting thread will give you a nice line to sew along
Up to that point, my darts had always been very sloppy and imprecise. I just folded the fabric and hoped for the best. This Threads tip showed me a very easy and precise way to make darts & pleats. So I've got to send a big shout out and thank you to Leona Butchart for submtting the Threads tip that changed my life! Now darts & pleats are easy peasy.
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11 comments:
That is a brilliant tip and thank you for sharing it! So far I've always done as is described here but your method is even more precise.
I'm about to make Simplicity 3673 with plenty of pleats so your tip will be coming very handy :) Thank you!
Oh. That's a good one. Thanks!
Great tip, I love it! I was doing the exact same thing but with pins and it was more difficult. Can't wait to try this one!
Thanks for sharing! That is a great tip; I read Threads but I must have missed that one.
OMG! That is awesome! I will have to do that next time. Thanks for sharing!
That is a really great tip, thanks for sharing. And thanks for the info about the free Vogue pattern, I just ordered the 8379 wrap dress!
What a great tip!!!!
I echo yaiann, OMG. Can't wait to try this one!
Great tip!! Thanks for sharing it, Christina!
Thanks! I just printed it out.
Awesome tip, thanks for passing that along!
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