Hi Barb!,

Thank you very much for the 'permission' to use pins! I'm pretty sure I'll continue to use them, because I, too, get a superior looking pleat. Pins have saved me from having to rip out a lot of work!!! When you're as particular as I am, they really do pay off.

Also, a jig (thank you very much Patti S! I owe you big time for that!) with top and bottom pleat measurements cut out of a small piece of card stock, and the pleat center measurements marked in each end is another great tool! They've saved me literally hours of fumbling around with the measuring tape. I'm not quite as fast as you yet, Barb, but watch out! I'm gaining ground! LOL!

In Elsie's defense, . . . she's teaching the way she learned and is dutifully passing on the tradition. If I made kilts all day long, I'd probably be working toward no pins as well. Till then, . . . please pass the pins.