When I worked in the fashion industry, we would hem the fabric before we sent it out to get pleated. Something to think about if you do a project like this again!
When I grew up in the 70ies in germany we had a shop around the corner for professional pleating. As far as I remember it was quite common to use such a service. The shops were called "Plissieranstalt", literally meaning "pleating Institution" . I remember going there with my Grandma to get fabric pleated for a new skirt for me . Later, as pleated skirts went out of fashion (in the 80ies), the shops disappeared. But I still remember the smell and all the beautifully pleated fabrics in the windows.
I have a few vintage sewing magazines from Germany, in many of them there is at least one pattern telling you to take your fabric to your local "Plissieranstalt"
I love the black one as much as the blue. I think it was a perfect color choice for each. Tighter pleats show up better on the blue and the hand pleated black looks beautiful, too
There’s a reason pre-pleated fabric is not cheap, but I love the look. Also, for handmade pleats, spray a press cloth with 1 part vinegar and 4 parts water and then lay it on top of your fabric as you are pressing the pleats. It can help hold the pleats in the fabric.
The captions saying "Did you know that Australia is wider than the moon?" is very funny to me. I'm going to have to go through previous videos and see if there are anymore fun facts.
When i was doing steampunk, i borrowed a pleating board to do a foot tall one inch pleat "ruffle" around a hem. Metal pleating board, and all the basting. And ironing.
They both look great! You can, indeed, do sunburst accordion pleats yourself -- central European folk costumes frequently have pleated skirts, and in larger towns pleating and occasional repleating is done by a couple of women with a big table and lots of starch.
I'm a member of a makerspace who has a large table and a place you can get it messy. I have a 14 ft tablecloth I am trying to turn into a dress of some sort and I had considered pleadtng it lol. I watched a girl in Britain go to the British equivalent of Tom's shop in 2020 I found it! Yay! ruclips.net/video/Dv79rcgZBOw/видео.htmlsi=nKZ9aSaV0pbwXWDM
I was just drooling over the "Rain in Spain" green pinafore dress with a pleated skirt in My Fair Lady and wishing one of my RUclips sewing people would make a video about it! Sounds like it's destined that I make one now!
pleating is an adventure! If you are going to do more you need a pleating board ( you can buy them or make one) or a pleating attachment for your sewing machine. I made a 1912 princess slip and the "ruffle" was pleated. I used vinegar to set my pleats and 12 years later they are still fine.
That is so cool. My grandmother bought me a similar pleated skirt from Sweden when I was about 6. I love that skirt, I didn't realise that I can one make my own and two can send the material away to get pleated. Thank you so much. And just a quick First Aid FYI when you get burned eg on the hand put it under the cold running water from a tap for about 15-20mins. Putting frozen items or ice onto burns does make the burn worse and a lot deeper. Thank you for your creativity I love your sewing projects, I have started trying to sew and make my own clothes because of how transparent your are with your videos. Sending lots of Hugs
I'm only about halfway through right at this moment but i went "oh wow" out loud when you cut to the "few hours later" shot of your first pleating, and i could feel how wide my eyes were watching you iron it down - the amazing way the pleats seemed to almost disappear into themselves as you ironed? SO impressive. Okay, I think the Tom's Son's one is definitely worth it if you want crisp professional pleating and nothing less, but your pleats were SO PRETTY. And I know they took a ton of time but it was mesmerizing and they look so lovely.
Both skirts look stunning! Love them both for different reasons! The swoosh on the blue is epic! And those pleats!! But don't put down the one you did! It can't compete with swoosh but still has it! The pleats are wonderful you did a great job that under any other comparison would have come up with high marks! Be nicer to yourself! The pleating company looks amazing! The footage of your material being pleated wow. I had never really thought about pleats other than how difficult they can be at home! Thank you for showing us this great resource!
I did that a few weeks ago, cold water and going to sleep hanging on to a wet wash cloth. I must have been less damaged than you, I couldn't feel anything the next morning. I do know that keeping a burn wet helps. Love the skirts.
Cool information on professional pleating services. Even locally dry cleaners still offer hemming, buttonholes and zipper placement. Sometimes hemming a garment before it is pleated is the easiest way to go. Even hemming panels before pleating can be helpful. It requires precise cutting and a confidence in having straightened your fabric but so much easier in the long haul.
Your hand pleating went brilliantly - do not put yourself down. And you've reminded me to chase up the Melbourne pleating company that I couldn't get hold of during lockdown. I must see if they can do my lovely winter plaid pleated down. (Box pleats, very 40s British)
Was lying down with cramps but the speed with which o got up and grabbed my tatting to do while watching this would have made my mom proud😂😂... Your videos are just wonderful both to listen to and watch
Pleats -- both -- are so lovely! It's amazing that they have REAL PEOPLE to walk you through the process, too! As for the burn. Wrap a towel around the handle whenever you take a skillet out of the oven to signal to everyone that it's too hot to touch.
don't apply ice to burns btw! It can damage the skin even more and its better to start with cool water (because then you can always go a little colder when your skin acclimates to it)
Using elastic for the back panel is genius! I’m half way through making a split skirt and was dithering about how I was going to do the join but of the back panel. Didn’t fancy lacing it up every time, and don’t like hand sewing hooks and eyes etc. so elastic is perfect! So clever!!!
Ice will keep burning you! You want cold water or aloe with lidocaine. I... once did almost the exact same thing. Took stuffed shells in a Dutch oven out of the oven, set it down, and then went to take the lid off WITH MY BARE HAND.
They way i treat non first degree burns is cussing. They stop hurting before I go to bed usually and heal faster. No water no butter no ice no frozen peas. I once stepped on a hot cold that fell out of a grill barefoot and there was no water outside It wasn't a very big piece but I had already started experimenting with treating burns that way and sure enough it healed in 2 days. I just had to keep off of my foot most of the day.
No no no! No eggs, no butter, just cool (not cold!) RUNNING water. For as long as you can stand, at least 10 minutes. Then gently dry and keep covered. After at least a week you can use aloe or other skin healing ointments but not neosporin.
Didn't realize that I had touched upon a hot topic, maybe some google research would be a good idea. It does look like most places say it's a bad idea, but there were some studies that popped up that weren't negative. That's about as much looking as I can do at midnight. Will look again later. @@driverjayne
I only say this because I didn't know either, but I am taking a CPR class right now and ice on a burn will cause more damage to the tissue! Who'd have thunk.... what they recommend for burns is running cold water on it for 20 minutes.
That bit where they played with the card pleat former 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 be still my beating heart. And congratulations on taking a cheaper synthetic fabric and elevating it to a couture look. Those pleats are soooo sharp. Seconding the vinegar spray to set pleats - I did that on the many pleats for my tartan kilted underskirt for my 1880s bustle gown. I also tacked them down afterwards to help them cool into shape. A wooden clapper is also useful to pull the steam out of the cloth - improves the sharpness of any pleat.
I have a ruffler/pleating foot for every antique/vintage machine I own (they are all low shank or slant shank machines, so very generic). It was a very common attachment. Think about the yards of gathered/pleated fabric they used around the turn of the century! It takes some playing with the settings on the attachment vs the stitch length to get it how you want (I tested on scrap fabric and made a note of how much of a percentage of reduction each setting made so I can refer to it later), but man, what a time saver! I think I had some pleated skirts back in the day like those. They turned out adorable!
I haven't seen pleats like those for a while. It seems that they were more popular in the 80s. I don't go to formal events though. They both look very elegant and refined. The fabric looks like it would be a nightmare to sew, even without the pleats.
Also thank you for posting it in what is my morning I wake up at 11:00 and. So Friday I get to watch your video in bed with coffee and today it's Aldi's gf baking mix with hazelnuts crushed in it and cooked in a cast iron pan like a cake on the bottom rack.
The blue pleated dress reminded me so much of the dress my mum had ❤ Personally I love making pleats. Had to do some fixed pleating for a Kylo Ren costume (for my little brother who is bigger than me), so I sew every pleat down to a thin but strong cotton lining, it looked so good by the end of it. I didn't redo the whole costume, just cut out the sleeves, fake lower tunic and collar off the official costume and make new versions of the under tunic and collar. Collar was a pain to make pattern pieces and sew each of the 20 plus individual pieces down, so the actual pleating was relaxing by comparison. loved how it turned out. I pointed out to someone else who was using the same costume but unmodified and they replied that the costume I had changed was much more premium. major compliment from a stranger. made all the hard work worth it. I would love to know how to make a kilt without it being so bulky
The rule in our kitchen is anything with a handle that comes out of the oven immediately gets a silicone pot handle guard put on it as a reminder to anyone who's likely to forget that hot steel looks the same as cold steel... I love both skirts! Swooshy!
Please title your memoirs "The Lightness of Jazz??" Both of these skirts turned out so beautifully! And I get what you mean about the clinginess... it's like the pleats spread a bit over the hips and then come back together and hug around the thighs for extra hourglassiness. It can be a nice sultry look, but definitely a different standing h, though it looked like it accentuated the swoosh in movement. Anyway, this was a great project and I'm super encouraged that I could do this* myself or have someone do it for me. Fascinating all around!! *I will never do this. It was absolutely riveting nonetheless.
Honestly, I love both skirts. You did an amazing job on your hand pleated one. If you didn't tell me, I would have never known that it wasn't professionally done. I would have thought it was just a different pleating style. But I'm just a Granny who sews for fun & definitely not a professional. My mind is definitely blown by the fact that I can get my material professionally pleated though. Who'd a thunk it? Thank you for informing us & also showing us how you did it. Also, is it expensive to get this done? 💖💖💖
I’ll definitely have to check out that company, that blue fabric pleating is gorgeous but to be honest, I really loved the black skirt as well… I even liked the waist a bit more on the black… both are amazing 😍
Last summer I also made a split-side skirt with elastic, but the elastic I used was with button holes, so that I can still regulate the sizing. But I think it fits me as well as 8-month pregnant woman, so maybe I went a bit overboard with that lol
Okay… you apparently are not aware of the Ruffle pleat foot that is put out by Brother… all those years that I I did pleats and ruffles by hand and I finally purchased the foot for my sewing machine and…. PERFECT PLEATS… EVERY SINGLE TIME and you can adjust how many you want per inch 😊
@gettheetothestitchery - Skillet handle covers are your friend. You can buy silicone ones, which are easier to clean, but you can also sew them as if you were making a small sock out of oven mitt materials. P.S.: *PSA -* The craft building at my college kept a potted aloe plant near the hot things for exactly this reason. 1) break/cut off however much of a leaf you need 2) cut it in half flat-wise, like you're turning a calzone into a pizza 3) slice/chop the goo, 4) apply goo to burn A) if possible, leave it attached to the leaf's husk/rind and put it on like a bandaid. When it feels dry, you can take it off and chop at it again to release more goo. B ) If you can't cut a piece of leaf to a comfortable size for the area, chop or squish the goo as finely as possible and, (before or after,) scrape it off of the leaf so you can just slather the area. 5) If it feels dry you can also drip some water on it to make it gooey again. Use more of the leaf if you feel the need to. If you have some left over at the end of the session, you can put it in a sealed baggie in the fridge to apply later. Note: I have only used this method on burns that still have skin.
what a beautiful effect! Congrats to that great collab. I remember seeing everyone get pleated fabric on the Great British Sewing Bee and being so stoked for them
I tell you what, girl, yours looks pretty good. I’m with you, I doubt if those pleats that you made will stay through a wash, but they look great now. Maybe you could dry clean. I know everybody hates that, but once in a while, it does help. Fine fine video, very interesting.
There is no way I would have the patience to pleat that much fabric! Lol, I would have given up. I'm not into wearing skirts or dresses, but i think they both turned out looking amazing. I've been working on a skirt for my 6yr old niece. It's called the peppermint swirl dress/ skirt. It's time consuming but i can't wait to see her reaction to it cause it's a skirt made for twirling!
Pleats!!!! It's been a while since I've done any pleats. Also, I really feel your pain. It seems like I spent my teens burning one hand or the other. . . and my legs (my parents have a wood stove.) Gorgeous skirts!
Thank you as always for your video. Who'd have thunk it, a place that pleats for you. Amazing. Well done you for the effort of all that work on the black skirt, what patience.
Tip: Don't ice burns, it's too cold and can actually damage the skin more than it helps healing. Let lukewarm (or bit colder than lukewarm) water run over the burnt area to cool the skin and give it back some water and keep the burnt area moisturized so the skin is not too tight/doesn't feel tight. :)
22:52 OMG!!! I did the same EXACT thing a couple of years ago. Thankfully, I did have several cold packs in the freezer. It hurt for hours after, especially if I took it off the cold, but by the next day it was barely sore.
I would suggest getting, or making a pleating board. I commented too soon. The company used a pleating board. There are tutorials here on RUclips on easy ways to make a pleating board. Heat safe flat head pins would be so helpful along with starch. Another tool that would help would be an iron safe ruler. It's meant to be ironed on. It's for hems, pleats, or anything else you can think of. 💖💖💖
Even though you probably got a discount for the professional pleating, I'm dying to know how much it would cost an average sewist to get an equivalent job pleated with Tom's Sons, including the shipping!?
Could you do a tutorial on those pockets which fold over each other, not the usual side ones, the ones that you add extra length to panels and then fold up.
Day 10 million and 7 of my ADHD brain feeling so seen while watching your videos 😂 The skirts look great! Those professional pleats look sooooo satisfying to play with
Wow!!! Just wow. I’m happy to have seen you do this before I start any project so intensive. Also think I’ve heard the word “pleating” so much in my life, I’ve started hearing “pweating” 😂
Been there with touching the fresh from the oven skillet... hugs And both sets of pleats look awesome - even if the pro pleats look really awesome! and such fun!
Good job on your own pleating: chiffon is a troublesome fabric, especially polyester chiffon. From my own experience years ago, hem first, because hemming afterwards is a real struggle if you want to avoid stretching out the pleats at the hem (and I think we do). I've knife-pleated polyester crepe before and it took ages. I hemmed the panels first, measured very carefully from one selvedge using blue and white chalk wheels (mountain fold; valley fold) and a meter stick, then hand-basted everything together with dissolvable thread. Then I used lots of steam with the hottest iron setting I dared and a linen press cloth to bake the pleats into the fabric. It worked brilliantly (with one exception noted next), but ye gods it took forever. I don't recommend using dissolvable thread: when testing neither silk thread nor the dissolvable thread left marks but the dissolvable thread disappeared, which is why I chose it. Well, some of it disappeared during the baking but some of it dissolved only part way, leaving me with hundreds of little bits to tweeze out. It would have been faster and easier simply to pull out all the silk thread.
Can't remember the last time, I saw an incredibly well pleated garment. My mom had a 50's dress done with white, perfect pleats. She had access to NYC fashion. Wonder if she got the pleated fabric from them. Love the way the sunbust skirt came out. That skirt can be worn among the rich + famous! Ciao.
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When I worked in the fashion industry, we would hem the fabric before we sent it out to get pleated. Something to think about if you do a project like this again!
Am I the only one who just wants to play and feel the professionally pleated fabric? It looks like it feels AMAZING.
You're not the only one! I would love to play too! I'm sure it would be amazing!
I have some... professionally pleated in the 70s or 80s.... and it's waiting for the correct inspiration as I don't have enough!
You might be i thought its only me
"Who's idea was this? Why was it mine?!" 🤣I strongly relate!!
When I grew up in the 70ies in germany we had a shop around the corner for professional pleating. As far as I remember it was quite common to use such a service. The shops were called "Plissieranstalt", literally meaning "pleating Institution" . I remember going there with my Grandma to get fabric pleated for a new skirt for me . Later, as pleated skirts went out of fashion (in the 80ies), the shops disappeared. But I still remember the smell and all the beautifully pleated fabrics in the windows.
I have a few vintage sewing magazines from Germany, in many of them there is at least one pattern telling you to take your fabric to your local "Plissieranstalt"
I love the black one as much as the blue. I think it was a perfect color choice for each. Tighter pleats show up better on the blue and the hand pleated black looks beautiful, too
There’s a reason pre-pleated fabric is not cheap, but I love the look. Also, for handmade pleats, spray a press cloth with 1 part vinegar and 4 parts water and then lay it on top of your fabric as you are pressing the pleats. It can help hold the pleats in the fabric.
Great tip, ty!
@cariemeaway9837, exactly!
The captions saying "Did you know that Australia is wider than the moon?" is very funny to me. I'm going to have to go through previous videos and see if there are anymore fun facts.
I was searching the comments for that! ❤
When i was doing steampunk, i borrowed a pleating board to do a foot tall one inch pleat "ruffle" around a hem. Metal pleating board, and all the basting. And ironing.
I definitely don't have the patience to pleat that much fabric. You did a fabulous job.
Home Depot sells a pleated paper shade for palladian windows but also straight ones.
"How does one measure the lightness of jazz?" 😂 Why are your subtitles so fun? I love it.
This is such a cool company to partner with! Go Charlie!
They both look great!
You can, indeed, do sunburst accordion pleats yourself -- central European folk costumes frequently have pleated skirts, and in larger towns pleating and occasional repleating is done by a couple of women with a big table and lots of starch.
I'm a member of a makerspace who has a large table and a place you can get it messy. I have a 14 ft tablecloth I am trying to turn into a dress of some sort and I had considered pleadtng it lol. I watched a girl in Britain go to the British equivalent of Tom's shop in 2020
I found it! Yay! ruclips.net/video/Dv79rcgZBOw/видео.htmlsi=nKZ9aSaV0pbwXWDM
I was just drooling over the "Rain in Spain" green pinafore dress with a pleated skirt in My Fair Lady and wishing one of my RUclips sewing people would make a video about it! Sounds like it's destined that I make one now!
pleating is an adventure! If you are going to do more you need a pleating board ( you can buy them or make one) or a pleating attachment for your sewing machine. I made a 1912 princess slip and the "ruffle" was pleated. I used vinegar to set my pleats and 12 years later they are still fine.
That is so cool. My grandmother bought me a similar pleated skirt from Sweden when I was about 6. I love that skirt, I didn't realise that I can one make my own and two can send the material away to get pleated. Thank you so much.
And just a quick First Aid FYI when you get burned eg on the hand put it under the cold running water from a tap for about 15-20mins. Putting frozen items or ice onto burns does make the burn worse and a lot deeper.
Thank you for your creativity I love your sewing projects, I have started trying to sew and make my own clothes because of how transparent your are with your videos.
Sending lots of Hugs
I actually prefer the waistline on the home pleated skirt. But I have to give it to the professionally pleated skirt.
Hope your hands heal quickly
To me both skirts look great! As for hemming, for my rectangular pleated skirt I finished hemming before pleating it.
I'm only about halfway through right at this moment but i went "oh wow" out loud when you cut to the "few hours later" shot of your first pleating, and i could feel how wide my eyes were watching you iron it down - the amazing way the pleats seemed to almost disappear into themselves as you ironed? SO impressive. Okay, I think the Tom's Son's one is definitely worth it if you want crisp professional pleating and nothing less, but your pleats were SO PRETTY. And I know they took a ton of time but it was mesmerizing and they look so lovely.
Both skirts look stunning! Love them both for different reasons! The swoosh on the blue is epic! And those pleats!! But don't put down the one you did! It can't compete with swoosh but still has it! The pleats are wonderful you did a great job that under any other comparison would have come up with high marks! Be nicer to yourself!
The pleating company looks amazing! The footage of your material being pleated wow. I had never really thought about pleats other than how difficult they can be at home! Thank you for showing us this great resource!
I did that a few weeks ago, cold water and going to sleep hanging on to a wet wash cloth. I must have been less damaged than you, I couldn't feel anything the next morning. I do know that keeping a burn wet helps. Love the skirts.
Cool information on professional pleating services. Even locally dry cleaners still offer hemming, buttonholes and zipper placement. Sometimes hemming a garment before it is pleated is the easiest way to go. Even hemming panels before pleating can be helpful. It requires precise cutting and a confidence in having straightened your fabric but so much easier in the long haul.
Your hand pleating went brilliantly - do not put yourself down. And you've reminded me to chase up the Melbourne pleating company that I couldn't get hold of during lockdown. I must see if they can do my lovely winter plaid pleated down. (Box pleats, very 40s British)
Was lying down with cramps but the speed with which o got up and grabbed my tatting to do while watching this would have made my mom proud😂😂... Your videos are just wonderful both to listen to and watch
Well it made me proud, too!
I learned to tatt, eons ago😉, but mostly just knit, because it's easiest
Pleats -- both -- are so lovely! It's amazing that they have REAL PEOPLE to walk you through the process, too!
As for the burn. Wrap a towel around the handle whenever you take a skillet out of the oven to signal to everyone that it's too hot to touch.
I like to get an oven-safe silicon handle that goes over the cast iron handle, because it will cool off very fast once it's out.
Oof, yes, I got a few burns that way before I started leaving the cloth on there to remind myself lol
How is your hand healing? Hopefully, well. While I have your attention, How did you end up hemming the pleated skirts? (Did I miss that bit?)🧩
P.S. I hope to see you at Remainders! 🧩
It looks amazing Charlie !!
don't apply ice to burns btw! It can damage the skin even more and its better to start with cool water (because then you can always go a little colder when your skin acclimates to it)
Using elastic for the back panel is genius! I’m half way through making a split skirt and was dithering about how I was going to do the join but of the back panel. Didn’t fancy lacing it up every time, and don’t like hand sewing hooks and eyes etc. so elastic is perfect! So clever!!!
Ice will keep burning you! You want cold water or aloe with lidocaine. I... once did almost the exact same thing. Took stuffed shells in a Dutch oven out of the oven, set it down, and then went to take the lid off WITH MY BARE HAND.
They way i treat non first degree burns is cussing. They stop hurting before I go to bed usually and heal faster. No water no butter no ice no frozen peas. I once stepped on a hot cold that fell out of a grill barefoot and there was no water outside It wasn't a very big piece but I had already started experimenting with treating burns that way and sure enough it healed in 2 days. I just had to keep off of my foot most of the day.
Egg whites work really well, and most people have at least one egg.
No no no! No eggs, no butter, just cool (not cold!) RUNNING water. For as long as you can stand, at least 10 minutes. Then gently dry and keep covered. After at least a week you can use aloe or other skin healing ointments but not neosporin.
Didn't realize that I had touched upon a hot topic, maybe some google research would be a good idea. It does look like most places say it's a bad idea, but there were some studies that popped up that weren't negative. That's about as much looking as I can do at midnight. Will look again later. @@driverjayne
Love both skirts but that blue is gorgeous
omg, that was so satisfying to watch! both yours and the professional are really nice. love the end products
Marines I used to work with would iron fishing line into their trouser creases to keep them sharp.
I only say this because I didn't know either, but I am taking a CPR class right now and ice on a burn will cause more damage to the tissue! Who'd have thunk.... what they recommend for burns is running cold water on it for 20 minutes.
Thank you for the close captioned factoid at the beginning of the video. I had no idea that the country I live in is wider than the moon 😍🥰
"It smells old in here." HA! That was a great cameo.
Pleating is one of the most satisfying things ever. I always think it looks like magic.
That bit where they played with the card pleat former 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 be still my beating heart. And congratulations on taking a cheaper synthetic fabric and elevating it to a couture look. Those pleats are soooo sharp. Seconding the vinegar spray to set pleats - I did that on the many pleats for my tartan kilted underskirt for my 1880s bustle gown. I also tacked them down afterwards to help them cool into shape. A wooden clapper is also useful to pull the steam out of the cloth - improves the sharpness of any pleat.
I have a ruffler/pleating foot for every antique/vintage machine I own (they are all low shank or slant shank machines, so very generic). It was a very common attachment. Think about the yards of gathered/pleated fabric they used around the turn of the century! It takes some playing with the settings on the attachment vs the stitch length to get it how you want (I tested on scrap fabric and made a note of how much of a percentage of reduction each setting made so I can refer to it later), but man, what a time saver! I think I had some pleated skirts back in the day like those. They turned out adorable!
I haven't seen pleats like those for a while. It seems that they were more popular in the 80s. I don't go to formal events though. They both look very elegant and refined. The fabric looks like it would be a nightmare to sew, even without the pleats.
I am on board with the idea of a *secret* elastic waistband.
That blue one, so gorgeous! Both are lovely, but the circle skirt just takes the cake!
I love the subtitles/captions! Happy Australia Day!
Thank you for always putting the links to referenced media. It’s so helpful!
Also thank you for posting it in what is my morning I wake up at 11:00 and. So Friday I get to watch your video in bed with coffee and today it's Aldi's gf baking mix with hazelnuts crushed in it and cooked in a cast iron pan like a cake on the bottom rack.
Yea! The elastic works for internal panel!
I work at Joann’s and we sell pre pleated fabric. Like not a lot and you probably won’t find it without asking but we do have some
The blue pleated dress reminded me so much of the dress my mum had ❤ Personally I love making pleats. Had to do some fixed pleating for a Kylo Ren costume (for my little brother who is bigger than me), so I sew every pleat down to a thin but strong cotton lining, it looked so good by the end of it. I didn't redo the whole costume, just cut out the sleeves, fake lower tunic and collar off the official costume and make new versions of the under tunic and collar. Collar was a pain to make pattern pieces and sew each of the 20 plus individual pieces down, so the actual pleating was relaxing by comparison. loved how it turned out. I pointed out to someone else who was using the same costume but unmodified and they replied that the costume I had changed was much more premium. major compliment from a stranger. made all the hard work worth it. I would love to know how to make a kilt without it being so bulky
The the Moon/Australia fact in the subtitles is WILD
Heh. But pretty close - I use those facts for my maths students - "What's something you can see that's about 3500km wide?"
The rule in our kitchen is anything with a handle that comes out of the oven immediately gets a silicone pot handle guard put on it as a reminder to anyone who's likely to forget that hot steel looks the same as cold steel...
I love both skirts! Swooshy!
I love the blouse from the end result so much. I was very distracted 😂. I need it.
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That professional pleating is amazing, but I prefer the look of the waistband on the black one. Great job on both though.
Both skirts are wonderful! And to be honest, I like the black one better!!!!
Your pleated skirt looks really good but the profesional pleated one is otherworldly!!!
Both are increadibly beautiful, i wouldn't be able to day witch one was professionally pleated at a glance, thats for sure !
Your videos are always as if you reached into my head, know my sewing plans, and make a video that answers my sewing questions.
I just want to take a moment up complement the effort you put into captioning, especially the music. A+
No, I didn't know that Australia is wider than the moon! I always love the fun captions in your videos 🌟
Still gobsmacked about Australia, myself. Yay for randomness!
That was super cool!
So cool! I didn't know that was a thing to have professionally pleated fabric for a home sewist!
Please title your memoirs "The Lightness of Jazz??"
Both of these skirts turned out so beautifully! And I get what you mean about the clinginess... it's like the pleats spread a bit over the hips and then come back together and hug around the thighs for extra hourglassiness. It can be a nice sultry look, but definitely a different standing h, though it looked like it accentuated the swoosh in movement. Anyway, this was a great project and I'm super encouraged that I could do this* myself or have someone do it for me. Fascinating all around!!
*I will never do this. It was absolutely riveting nonetheless.
Honestly, I love both skirts. You did an amazing job on your hand pleated one. If you didn't tell me, I would have never known that it wasn't professionally done. I would have thought it was just a different pleating style. But I'm just a Granny who sews for fun & definitely not a professional. My mind is definitely blown by the fact that I can get my material professionally pleated though. Who'd a thunk it? Thank you for informing us & also showing us how you did it. Also, is it expensive to get this done? 💖💖💖
I love both of them!
Oh! 😱 I hope you hand gets well soon!!!
I’ll definitely have to check out that company, that blue fabric pleating is gorgeous but to be honest, I really loved the black skirt as well… I even liked the waist a bit more on the black… both are amazing 😍
Last summer I also made a split-side skirt with elastic, but the elastic I used was with button holes, so that I can still regulate the sizing. But I think it fits me as well as 8-month pregnant woman, so maybe I went a bit overboard with that lol
Okay… you apparently are not aware of the Ruffle pleat foot that is put out by Brother… all those years that I I did pleats and ruffles by hand and I finally purchased the foot for my sewing machine and…. PERFECT PLEATS… EVERY SINGLE TIME and you can adjust how many you want per inch 😊
@gettheetothestitchery - Skillet handle covers are your friend. You can buy silicone ones, which are easier to clean, but you can also sew them as if you were making a small sock out of oven mitt materials.
P.S.: *PSA -* The craft building at my college kept a potted aloe plant near the hot things for exactly this reason.
1) break/cut off however much of a leaf you need
2) cut it in half flat-wise, like you're turning a calzone into a pizza
3) slice/chop the goo,
4) apply goo to burn
A) if possible, leave it attached to the leaf's husk/rind and put it on like a bandaid. When it feels dry, you can take it off and chop at it again to release more goo.
B ) If you can't cut a piece of leaf to a comfortable size for the area, chop or squish the goo as finely as possible and, (before or after,) scrape it off of the leaf so you can just slather the area.
5) If it feels dry you can also drip some water on it to make it gooey again. Use more of the leaf if you feel the need to. If you have some left over at the end of the session, you can put it in a sealed baggie in the fridge to apply later.
Note: I have only used this method on burns that still have skin.
what a beautiful effect! Congrats to that great collab. I remember seeing everyone get pleated fabric on the Great British Sewing Bee and being so stoked for them
I tell you what, girl, yours looks pretty good. I’m with you, I doubt if those pleats that you made will stay through a wash, but they look great now. Maybe you could dry clean. I know everybody hates that, but once in a while, it does help. Fine fine video, very interesting.
There are several videos for a DIY pleater board if you ever want to pleat fabric without all the thousands of pins.
Both skirts turned out great! Your patience and perseverance are inspiring. 😊
There is no way I would have the patience to pleat that much fabric! Lol, I would have given up. I'm not into wearing skirts or dresses, but i think they both turned out looking amazing. I've been working on a skirt for my 6yr old niece. It's called the peppermint swirl dress/ skirt. It's time consuming but i can't wait to see her reaction to it cause it's a skirt made for twirling!
Love the pleats.
You can make a pleating board with cardboard and cardstock that makes pleading fabric like this much easier and take far less time
This video was so much fun to watch. Thanks for sharing!
When i made cotton hakama, i edge stitched all the pleats. Soooooooo much extra stitching, but worth it for the longevity factor imo
Pleats!!!!
It's been a while since I've done any pleats.
Also, I really feel your pain. It seems like I spent my teens burning one hand or the other. . . and my legs (my parents have a wood stove.)
Gorgeous skirts!
Amazing!
Honestly I like the black one better. It is so pretty, swooshy, and versatile that i could see you just grabbing that more than the blue. ❤
The blue is glorious and swooshy 😂
Absolutely beautiful, both of them.
Thank you as always for your video. Who'd have thunk it, a place that pleats for you. Amazing. Well done you for the effort of all that work on the black skirt, what patience.
Love pleats!
The pleats are wonderful! Both skirts are beautiful and a WOW! in swishability.
These both look great! I love the color of the blue! I'm getting ready to attempt a lined split side skirt so we'll see how that goes 😂
Beautiful skirts! 💙🖤
Can you give us a ballpark on how much the pleating costs? Because the website site doesn't 😑
Tip: Don't ice burns, it's too cold and can actually damage the skin more than it helps healing. Let lukewarm (or bit colder than lukewarm) water run over the burnt area to cool the skin and give it back some water and keep the burnt area moisturized so the skin is not too tight/doesn't feel tight. :)
That New York pleating is so satisfying!
22:52 OMG!!! I did the same EXACT thing a couple of years ago. Thankfully, I did have several cold packs in the freezer. It hurt for hours after, especially if I took it off the cold, but by the next day it was barely sore.
I love the idea of the elastic back waist band ( I need to try that) The professional pleating was amazing but yours in black looked awesome too.
Awesome job. Beautiful fabric & wonderful pleating.
Never thought about using polyester instead of cotton for pleats, but it does make sense that it will hold them better. I will have to try it.
I would suggest getting, or making a pleating board. I commented too soon. The company used a pleating board. There are tutorials here on RUclips on easy ways to make a pleating board. Heat safe flat head pins would be so helpful along with starch. Another tool that would help would be an iron safe ruler. It's meant to be ironed on. It's for hems, pleats, or anything else you can think of. 💖💖💖
Very cool
Even though you probably got a discount for the professional pleating, I'm dying to know how much it would cost an average sewist to get an equivalent job pleated with Tom's Sons, including the shipping!?
Could you do a tutorial on those pockets which fold over each other, not the usual side ones, the ones that you add extra length to panels and then fold up.
Loved both skirts on you. Very nice. Only pleats I've ever worked with, was doing smocking for my young children's clothing.
Day 10 million and 7 of my ADHD brain feeling so seen while watching your videos 😂 The skirts look great! Those professional pleats look sooooo satisfying to play with
Wow!!! Just wow. I’m happy to have seen you do this before I start any project so intensive.
Also think I’ve heard the word “pleating” so much in my life, I’ve started hearing “pweating” 😂
Been there with touching the fresh from the oven skillet... hugs
And both sets of pleats look awesome - even if the pro pleats look really awesome! and such fun!
Good job on your own pleating: chiffon is a troublesome fabric, especially polyester chiffon. From my own experience years ago, hem first, because hemming afterwards is a real struggle if you want to avoid stretching out the pleats at the hem (and I think we do).
I've knife-pleated polyester crepe before and it took ages. I hemmed the panels first, measured very carefully from one selvedge using blue and white chalk wheels (mountain fold; valley fold) and a meter stick, then hand-basted everything together with dissolvable thread. Then I used lots of steam with the hottest iron setting I dared and a linen press cloth to bake the pleats into the fabric. It worked brilliantly (with one exception noted next), but ye gods it took forever.
I don't recommend using dissolvable thread: when testing neither silk thread nor the dissolvable thread left marks but the dissolvable thread disappeared, which is why I chose it. Well, some of it disappeared during the baking but some of it dissolved only part way, leaving me with hundreds of little bits to tweeze out. It would have been faster and easier simply to pull out all the silk thread.
Can't remember the last time, I saw an incredibly well pleated garment. My mom had a 50's dress done with white, perfect pleats. She had access to NYC fashion. Wonder if she got the pleated fabric from them. Love the way the sunbust skirt came out. That skirt can be worn among the rich + famous! Ciao.
They are both beautiful.