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Kilt with basting stitch
Note that some of the lines may look wavy - that's because the kilt is hanging on a hanger. When the pleats are laid flat, the stripes of the sett do indeed align properly.
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If you look at it from below, you can see why I would like the pleats set properly.
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Edit: yes, I see the pinching in the first two photos. I'll correct that before I take it in tomorrow.
Last edited by imbrius; 21st May 19 at 03:31 PM.
Reason: Added note about fabric pinching.
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 Originally Posted by imbrius
Note that some of the lines may look wavy - that's because the kilt is hanging on a hanger. When the pleats are laid flat, the stripes of the sett do indeed align properly.
If you look at it from below, you can see why I would like the pleats set properly.
Edit: yes, I see the pinching in the first two photos. I'll correct that before I take it in tomorrow.
Hey now, good luck! Good on you for basting your own pleats. I've done it all of twice and need more practice.
Guluck!
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You did such a nice job I think you should press it yourself if you have the means.
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Originally Posted by cms1528
You did such a nice job I think you should press it yourself if you have the means.
Well thanks but I really don't. I should. I have only a very small hot sole non-steam iron. (It's my wife's from her university days. It has a water tank that's only good for spraying out the front unheated.) And I'd have to press it where I basted: on a small, glass-top coffee table, which is really not a good thing to be pressing on.
I pick it up from the cleaners tonight.
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Originally Posted by cms1528
You did such a nice job I think you should press it yourself if you have the means.
Yeah, dude. Basting it is the "difficult" part of the job. Once you baste it, the pressing is -- as my teenagers say -- "dumb easy".
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I have the kilt. It came back pressed very nicely, exactly the way I intended it. I have photos I will share later. I'm very glad I basted it myself, however, as the cleaner insisted that I did it wrong because the pleats were all different depths and that she would prefer to remove the stitching and do it herself. :P
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Originally Posted by imbrius
I have the kilt. It came back pressed very nicely, exactly the way I intended it. I have photos I will share later. I'm very glad I basted it myself, however, as the cleaner insisted that I did it wrong because the pleats were all different depths and that she would prefer to remove the stitching and do it herself. :P
Good Lord; you're dealing with an idiot!
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