First time pleating to the sett. (Maple leaf tartan)

[jhockin]

I am sewing it by machine but basting each pleat in place before doing so. I have found that a very small zigzag is close to hand-stitching although not quite as invisible.


Besides using a machine to stitch the pleats and not having an outside left apron buckle I am following the Art of Kiltmaking.

So, did you cut out the extra material, from the back of the pleats, before sewing the fell?

[Hothir Ethelnor]

No,

I basted the edge of the pleat and then sewed the previous pleat to it with the machine. Then I would go to the next pleat baste it, and sew the last pleat to that one and so on.

After all the machine stitching was done, I then cut out the excess fabric from the back of the pleats