Technical Posts

What Happens When You Combine Different Pleats?

This post is the culmination of the basic pleating principles I have covered in the last three blog posts. The importance of understanding this post is to help you identify the different types of p...

Repairing Damaged Pleats

So, you had your skirt dry cleaned and something looks a little different… Eeeek! I wish I could say I don’t get this call often! So often, in fact, I’ve decided to write a little bit about the pro...

The Anatomy of Bias Circle Skirts

For those of you who thought I might as well be speaking Chinese when I described what happens to the grain line in a sunburst pleated skirt – this one’s for you! As you know, there are three grai...

One More Panel Shape

The curved straight panel is the final shape you need to understand regarding the pleating of fabric. This shape is sort of an amalgamation between the square panel and the half circle panel I disc...

The ABC's of Pleating

In this post I will break down and distill the components of pleating to its basic building blocks.  First, I want to preface this post by explaining that when I say pleating, I am referring to the...

Best Panel Shapes for Pleating

This is the second post in a series on fundamental pleating concepts.  I would recommend reading The ABC’s of Pleating prior to reading this post. This one discusses the two basic panel shapes you ...