Skirting the issue
2004-07-03 01:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
liadethorneggeSo now I have the lining and the shell of my working class tudor, I lined up the waist edge against the seams, easing the rest around - a fairly simple task actually, I did a good job of getting the pattern pieces even - and zigzagging the two layers together. Actually, it is three layers, around the waist I added a strip of the blue wool to add a bit of padding for the eventual pleats.
As for peats (I am thinking aloud through writing now) I just tried the skirt itself on, and with the extra panel in the back, the waist length is now exactly twice as long as my natural waist. Now that's some pleating needing to be done indeed. I'm not sure if I want to knife pleat or cartridge pleat. Mostly what I've seen and understand those who recreate lower class tend toward laid pleats as opposed to cartridge. I'm just not sure. I think I want to tack the shell to lining first, simple short stitches along the seams should do the trick I think.
As for peats (I am thinking aloud through writing now) I just tried the skirt itself on, and with the extra panel in the back, the waist length is now exactly twice as long as my natural waist. Now that's some pleating needing to be done indeed. I'm not sure if I want to knife pleat or cartridge pleat. Mostly what I've seen and understand those who recreate lower class tend toward laid pleats as opposed to cartridge. I'm just not sure. I think I want to tack the shell to lining first, simple short stitches along the seams should do the trick I think.
