Using the pattern as a guide I worked out how much more my pattern will need to be to go around part of the bodice. I then first did a sam...

A step by step tutorial how to make and sew historical cartridge or guaging pleats the quick and easy way with curtain pleat tape.

I'm excited to share with you my tutorial for sewing a cartridge pleated skirt, suitable for historybounding, hobbitcore, cottagecore, and...

You can see that I'm not too precise, i just eyeball it. LOL Stitches are thumb-width approx 3/4" long in two rows thumb-width apart.

Sewing cartridge pleats to waistband. Suggests using Tiger Tape to get even pleats.

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Alexander McQueen, AW13, Paris. Cartridge pleats are a detail that you may associate with historical and period costume as they are often used to create Elizabethan ruffs and provide fullness on skirts. The labour intensive

From the blogger: Without a body to fill the dress I'm not sure some of the measurements made sense - in particular the bust! Waist: 66 cm (~26 in) Bust: 70cm ( maybe this is why I couldn't do the hooks up!) (~27.5 in) Shoulder to waist: 39cm Waist to floor: 104 cm Width of first frill: 22 cm Width of second frill: 28cm Arm pit to first frill: 23cm" This is the project I was drawing Sue for http://www.se16.com/949-dr-salters-daydream-2013 and this blogger explains why I am remaking it…