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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 index 30a331d..d292237 100644 --- 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 Gallery ------- |