tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post1005955601539227635..comments2024-03-26T11:54:18.535+00:00Comments on anne's blog: Pleated skirt - a long ago promise still not fulfilledAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-51967843076366443272015-11-17T09:13:58.070+00:002015-11-17T09:13:58.070+00:00Thank you. Helen has now had a chance to try on an...Thank you. Helen has now had a chance to try on and as suspected it's too big. The waist is too high, as it is on the dress form, probably by 2 inches (she hasn't sent photos) and it's too long by quite a bit for what she wants. I guess the high hip area is sitting at the waist - I wondered if this was because it's too tight there but she says not. So not sure why. Otherwise she loves it! So I'm going to redo. This will give me an opportunity to plan in the closure at an early stage instead of thinking about it at the end! I had sent with a hand basted zip, as your suggestion, and can see that would work. Helen is keen for me to use the proper tartan - I just don't know if I'm ready for that yet! Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-92217320932837633112015-11-16T08:37:13.362+00:002015-11-16T08:37:13.362+00:00Hi Anne, I don't think the pleats are too wide...Hi Anne, I don't think the pleats are too wide, they follow the pattern of the tartan, For the fastening I'd either try hand-stitching a zip in (I find that easier anyway!) or do a pocket closure, though you may find it tricky to get that to hang straight, I've only ever used them om full skirts. Looks good though!The Crafty Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266324558347862974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-84266776570566018652015-11-11T08:27:37.421+00:002015-11-11T08:27:37.421+00:00Bingle sounds like the perfect description, certai...Bingle sounds like the perfect description, certainly. The other party (a company) is not pursuing a claim. I find that some of my Scottish words have different meanings in the NE. The obvious example is 'canny'. However 'BBC English' was my norm. I've been in the North East for over 30 years now and while I can understand a lot, well some, of the Geordie dialect, I certainly can't replicate any of it! Then a lot of English people can't say 'loch'! <br />Having dived in to the skirt here and to customising Missy now, I agree that my total block has shifted.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-57652236333156183492015-11-11T05:16:21.172+00:002015-11-11T05:16:21.172+00:00Thank you for thinking of me and my experimental a...Thank you for thinking of me and my experimental approach - while I can be methodical, it does help to get things going if you take a more creative approach. I learnt this in the Creative Arts. I find it is a good approach to move a block and get something happening. Sarah Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566072246120028926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-40656548545242746492015-11-11T05:13:54.418+00:002015-11-11T05:13:54.418+00:00Bingle is a vernacular word in parts of South Aust...Bingle is a vernacular word in parts of South Australia. I rarely use the word, but it can be quite descriptive, especially for small scrapes that don't do much damage to people. I was born in London, and spent my childhood years from 4 in Shropshire. Most of the time I speak "Southern English" ( had to suffer elocution lessons at school) mixed with Australian inflections. And rarely resort to the verncular idiom. My father was very proper!Sarah Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566072246120028926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-21197400080521747962015-11-09T20:59:41.987+00:002015-11-09T20:59:41.987+00:00The final skirt tartan is pure wool; not sure abou...The final skirt tartan is pure wool; not sure about this toile. I feel that pure wool would have pleated more nicely and taken more heat. I'm not at the moment sure how wide the pleats will be in the final skirt. <br />Helen likes the full pleated skirt rather than the McCall's one which I thought she might prefer. She has requested the skirt for her Christmas. A little shorter. <br />I spoke to my tutor tonight when I was padding the model and got advice about inserting a (handpicked) zip with an extension piece to support. However, I will send Helen the current toile, with its roughly hand basted zip, for sizing. There is an overlap which is why an invisible zip wouldn't work - also the fabric is very thick. <br />Thank you for your sympathy. Teeth improving. Car issue in the process of being dealt with; as is customised form for Helen. All good! I've arranged a couple of 3 hour classes with my tutor specific to wedding dress and Helen will be able to go to the second of these for real life work. I feel that things have now started moving - I was so stuck. Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-86487633209847177192015-11-09T11:12:51.891+00:002015-11-09T11:12:51.891+00:00Permanent pleating, as far as I know, requires at ...Permanent pleating, as far as I know, requires at least some polyester in there. Pure wool won't PP. So with a kilt I think you have to tack the pleats down and send it to the dry cleaners (very occasionally - I think they are worn for months between cleans). I am interested in your experiments as I plan on making one. <br />I do like the look of your kilt - the pleats are fairly wide but they look balanced and nice to me. I don't know what has happened to the waist but I think you must have not stitched it down properly because you definitely did it right. The fastening could be an invisible zip if it a kilted skirt - I am assuming you haven't done the overlap to make a proper kilt. And like SL I was sorry to hear about your woes with your teeth and car lights. Fabrickatedhttp://www.fabrickated.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-65396423838234269722015-11-08T09:56:27.972+00:002015-11-08T09:56:27.972+00:00Hi Sarah Liz. I've just read your post about b...Hi Sarah Liz. I've just read your post about bubbly pants and recarbonating sewing - I hope you are starting to feel better. <br />I've never heard the term 'bingle' - is that an Australian word or from your original part of the UK (don't know which part that was, sorry). Anyway, thank you for your good wishes. I am beginning to feel better. <br />I had an accident as a young resident coming off an A&E shift early in the morning before it was fully light and when I was tired - I reversed and a low lying spike that I didn't see pierced my very old banger of a car. At least it didn't cost me. I thought I had learned not to drive when I was tired, ill or distracted! <br />I thought of you when I was making the skirt, you know! I tried to adopt a bit more of an experiential approach. I agree with your final comment. I didn't know that you could send garments out for permanent pleating. If I do end up making a pleated skirt or kilt from our proper tartan I'd certainly consider that. I've also read about pleat boards which perhaps could be helpful. This experience hasn't put me off but I would need to sew like a chess player - thinking a few moves ahead! Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-75608135329365517822015-11-08T01:07:23.526+00:002015-11-08T01:07:23.526+00:00Hello Anne - I was going to reply to your last pos...Hello Anne - I was going to reply to your last post this morning, but lo, I find another. So I shall reply to both here. Firstly, I hope you are feeling better after your adventures with teeth, car bingles, and parking fines. And that the nausea is passing. What a time. I did feel for you with the car bingle. Reminds me of the time when I was a student, and nursing part time as an RN and picking up extra shifts when I could. I volunteered for an early Sunday morning shift, really needing the money, woke up with dreadful sinusitis - but I was the only R.N. so had to go - and when I parked my car, I managed to reverse into a brand new car's front lights. I had a feeling it belonged to one of the staff, so at morning tea made my announcement, and of course offered to pay. I think that shift cost me!!. Still, I had a moral sense...<br /><br />You have done a good job on the skirt - and it is so hard to get them just right because a slight increase or decrease in pleat width means the whole skirt is either far too tight or far too loose. I made one once, to prove I could. Never again! Then there is the ironing of the pleats, unless you send it out for permanent pleating. I can't remember how I closed it. Most sewing is solving problems as you go along, I find. Each garment is different, all fabrics perform differently, so experience and making mistakes is part of the process.Sarah Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566072246120028926noreply@blogger.com