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diff --git a/source/historical_womenswear/skirts/cartridge_pleated_skirt/index.rst b/source/historical_womenswear/skirts/cartridge_pleated_skirt/index.rst
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--- a/source/historical_womenswear/skirts/cartridge_pleated_skirt/index.rst
+++ b/source/historical_womenswear/skirts/cartridge_pleated_skirt/index.rst
@@ -137,15 +137,32 @@ Repeat with the waistband facing.
 
 Put the facing on top of the waistband, hemstitch all around the edges.
 
+Divide the waistband is as many parts as there are panels (and
+optionally half that measure), mark these points.
+
 Cartridge Pleating
 ------------------
 
 Draw three lines horizontal on the top of the skirt, on the wrong side,
 starting at 1 cm from the folded edge and with 1 cm between the lines.
 
-Mark 
+Mark the vertical positions for the cartridge pleated stitches at a
+distance of 0.5 - 2 cm from each other, depending on the weight of the
+fabric, and starting at half such distance from the slit edge.
+
+Optionally mark the position of the center of each panel.
+
+Cut three pieces of strong thread a bit longer than the waistband; fix
+them in place at one end of the skirt with 2-3 backstitches in place,
+then start running each one at the positions you have marked before.
+
+After you're out of thread, start running the second row, and then the
+third.
+
+Then pull on the threads to start gathering the fabric and freeing more
+thread, and resume running, starting with the first thread.
+
 
-Cut a piece of strong thread a bit longer than the waistband 
 
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