Marking pleats to the Sett...

[ChattanCat]

How much material do you have?
I would recommend that you use the double blue line as the center front. It seems to pop. Whatever you choose for the front, make sure you have the same stripe in the middle back. This may take some planning but it is worth it.

You should mark out your front apron and under apron. Then mark the first and last pleat locations per the "Bible". You can then count the repeats you have available, don't forget to add two setts for the join.

Any pleated to the sett comes with it's own challenges. Yours will be to decide which lines you wan to have on the edge of a certain pleat. You don't want the line or element disapearing as you taper a pleat to the waist. Barb mentions this style of pleating.

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[Gilvray]

Cheers ChattanCat....

I've got 8yrds.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say, so I take your point about the double blue although I'll probably stick with the green and allow the blue to be a framework/accent. Good idea about first and last pleats - it would help me feel more confident I'm doing the right thing by counting the setts...

I've just spotted my misunderstanding.... the 'Bible' says on p58 about assuming pleats are 5/8">1" at the hips and I've been thinking about the top of the rise/waist.

I'll go away and think a wee bit more and try and mark the whole thing up - should come good with a bit more time!