You are correct Larry. This is a sampler and not a kilt. I wanted a long length of fabric pleated in different ways to show to potential customers.
I keep this rolled up in my "Kilt-a-cation" station.
I love watching the faces as I unroll a single length of fabric with all the possibilities.
If a customer is long distance and has not seen my sampler I will send them a photo like this of their fabric pleated different ways and let them choose which way they like better.
Here is Buchanan pleated different ways. They can usually see from samples like this that not all the ways you can fold fabric will be pleasing to the eye.
From left to right - To no stripe - To the White within the Red - To the black within the yellow - Splitting the colors - and to the Sett.
This customer asked if I could do the split colored pleating. I did this sample specifically to show why I was advising against it.
I also have pleating samples like these to show the different ways fabric can be folded.
Knife pleats to the stripe.
Knife pleats to the Sett
These show the difference in pleat depth.
I also have other different samples like regular box and military box pleats. This is to show that different ways of folding fabric will result in different amounts of material used.
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