PLEATS are classic and
feminine yet versatile.

A variety of fabrics gan be
chosen to make the skirt iHlus-
trated here. ‘Try wool for the
office or chiffon fora more
clegant evening-wear look.

Pleats are always a classic
choice. The sample shown
here was made from light-
weight wool crepe.

Most fabrics can be pleated
but some fabrics pleat better
than others. Natural fabrics
such as 100% silk, cotton or
wool do not hold permanent
pleats as well as synthetics or

master
pieces

blends. In Europe, natural
fabrics are treated with chemi-
cals for permanent pleating.

Professional pleating ix
done by a machine. A
Vancouver company called
M&M Ladies Belt and

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Pieating Manuretures btds on
Meander Street offers this
Service for a fee, about S14
for a skirt.

Knite pleats can be made
in any size trom one-vighth of
an inch to 2s inches and boy
pleats can be made in sizes
front one to three inches.

For a skirt, the amount of
fabric to be pleated is general-
Wv three times the wearer's tll
hip measurement plus scam
and case allowance.

As a rule, most pleating is
best done along the grain of
the fabric, with the fabric
pieced together to get the

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Pleats make a pleasing alternative

desired length. The exception
is fabrics with border treat-
ment along the salvaze or
transparent fabrics where
seams should be avoided and
the selvage can be used

instead of ahem. Before send-

ing your fabric to the pleater,
join the skirt pieces together
to make one long picce leav-
ing a single seam Gpen. Press
seams open and hem skirt.
To torm a waistband, mea-
sure your waist at the point
where the waist bank of vour
skirt will comfortably sit and
add about 4 em (1°) to pro-
Vide tor over: ard under-lap

plus a scam allowance.

The total of this measure:
ment is the length of the tab-
rie and interfacing vou will
need to cut, The width to cur
is 10cm ¢4"),. The seam
allowance is included in tits
measurement.

Next, join the skirt seams
together, leaving an opening
tor the zipper. Sew the zipper
in place. Lastly, take the ditier-
ence benween the hip and
Waist measurements and
divide this by the number of
pleats. Gather the pleats by
overlapping them equally to
sew the waistband.

Kian Samet has her own
design studio specialising in
evening and wedding gowns.
She works in the movie-prodie-
tion industry aud teaches
French draping, flat pattern
drafting and desiqn. She can be
reached at 929. 5426,

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