To pin or not to pin!

[Emmet]

Thank you,

One more question, Why do you put the pins in perpendicular?

[TheBrus]

You mention that pinning has improved your pleating. So, even if it takes 30 seconds extra for each pleat, think of the time you saved re-doing pleats that didn't come out as perfectly as if you had pinned. It's gotta be a wash at the very least.

[Barb T]

Thank you,

One more question, Why do you put the pins in perpendicular?

If you put them in perpendicular, the fabric doesn't skew parallel to the pleat. If you put them in parallel, the fabric can slip along the length of the pleat, and it makes it much harder to keep the stripes aligned.

You mention that pinning has improved your pleating. So, even if it takes 30 seconds extra for each pleat, think of the time you saved re-doing pleats that didn't come out as perfectly as if you had pinned. It's gotta be a wash at the very least.

Oh, it's *vastly* more than a wash. Taking out and re-doing a pleat is quite literally 25-30x the amount of time that it takes to pin a pleat. Another very good reason to pin, in my estimation.