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So when I bought the fabric for my Little House dress I was being cheap (as usual) and only got 8 yards. It would have been enough, I think, if the fabric was actually 45" wide, but it's only 42", and it has wide selvages so the printed portion is only 40", tops.
So I have left the pleated skirt trim until last and now I have to be really stingy with it. I am making 3/8" pleats with a 1/8" spacing (did lots of math - not my strong suit! - and graph paper samples to figure this out) which means they are too small to use the fork method, which I usually prefer. I have too little fabric to risk eyeballing it, so that leaves the most tedious way: measuring and marking every single pleat.
And of course, neither chalk wheel, chalk pencil, or washable marker will show up on my fabric. Sigh. Maybe I will stop by work tomorrow and pick up some red tracing paper.
So I have left the pleated skirt trim until last and now I have to be really stingy with it. I am making 3/8" pleats with a 1/8" spacing (did lots of math - not my strong suit! - and graph paper samples to figure this out) which means they are too small to use the fork method, which I usually prefer. I have too little fabric to risk eyeballing it, so that leaves the most tedious way: measuring and marking every single pleat.
And of course, neither chalk wheel, chalk pencil, or washable marker will show up on my fabric. Sigh. Maybe I will stop by work tomorrow and pick up some red tracing paper.
