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How To Recognize A Poorly Pleated Skirt!

Let me start by saying that this skirt was NOT pleated by us! A client brought it to us as a sample of a garment pleated overseas. This demonstrates extremely poor quality pleating and we were surp...

Pleated Dancing Sleeves

Cheryl, our client in Clearwater, Florida, is a ballroom dancer. She recently contacted us requesting wings for an upcoming dance showcase. This would be a challenge for us as we had  to create som...

Silk Pleated Collar

Jie Li, one of our clients, made this collar. It is a perfect example of fabric manipulation. She is a very talented fashion design student from Parsons School of Design, who uses our pleating serv...

Recycled Pleated Kitesurfing Skirt

When it comes to recycling, there are endless possibilities as the example below demonstrates. We made this mini bikini cover up from a retired kite! After a certain amount of use and exposure to s...

Pleated Bikini Trim

This gorgeous bikini was designed by Diane Raulston. But we can take credit for the pleated Spandex trim. The first company that tried to pleat this was unsuccessful.  Spandex type fabrics are very...

Organza Pleated Flowers

Using polyester organza and polyester chiffon, we have created these beautiful flower petals and leaves. They can also be made with silk or other types of fabric. The cost for these flowers is betw...

Pleated Doritos Bag

We have achieved the ultimate up-cycling! Look at the photo below to see our pleated Doritos bag…  it looks totally cool! Now we just need to figure out what to make with it. Chip bag courtesy of T...

Bias Skirt Fabric Calculator

  After having invested countless hours reviewing our calculations, our Bias Skirt Calculator is now complete. You can use this guide (International Pleating Bias Skirt Guide Version 2) to calculat...