Yesterday I guess we had FORK pleats and today we are making KNIFE pleats… I don’t know of any way to make pleats with spoons… so we are almost done! :o)
I’m not sure if making pleats this way is easier than using the fork, but if not, it’s a very close second. You don’t need anything except a piece of cardboard or a strip of plastic as wide as the pleats you want to make…
I made these 3 samples in less than 2 minutes. I know they are just short pieces but I wanted to show you how quick and easy this way of making pleats is. Also take a look at how straight they are!!
Here is a short video of how these pleats are made…again there is an advertisement from Emeril that you can dismiss by clicking on the “skip ads” button on the right edge when it pops up after a few seconds.
The fabric she is using is much thicker than anything I would use for a doll skirt and I would never fold over my fabric… BUT I need to mention here ALWAYS hem your piece first.
She mentions using some kind of slick cardboard or stick so it slides out from between your pleats easily… it’s true… you need to do that. I first used the end cut off a card of buttons but it wasn’t long enough and then used a piece of cardstock doubled over with shipping tape wrapped over it… this is what mine looked like…
Here is a sample in blue using the method at the sewing machine…
Lay the strip of fabric down and make your first pleat by measuring the width of your paper piece. Hold the cardboard in place with your fingers.
Then you push the fabric up over the carboard piece and line up the top edge of the fabric with the top edge of the cardboard.
Slide your cardboard out holding your pleat in place and stitch to catch the top edge.
Just keep butting the cardboard stick up to the last pleat, folding the top over to line up the edges and sewing them down.
It only looks like it takes skill, it’s pretty easy once you get the hang of it, and it goes really fast.
It should look like this…
…and then after a nice pressing…
If you feel intimidated by doing this at the sewing machine I decided to see if it could be done “off” the machine by pinning it in place and then sewing it. I’m pleased to tell you it worked just as well…
Here it is shown in pink done flat, held with pins and then stitched across the top.
Lay your cardboard on top first…
Then push your fabric up over the cardboard and line up the fabric with the top edge of the cardboard.
Slide your cardboard out, holding your pleat in place…
Pin that pleat in place…
Place the cardboard up against the bottom of the first pleat and do the same thing again..
You’ll end up with something that looks like this…
And then pressed…
Well, that’s it for today’s lesson on knife pleats… almost done… but I think we might have something from Linda on Saturday and then one more day of pleats… the way I made Nyssa’s pleats in her dress! :o)
See you soon,
Blessings, Jeanne
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