Considering everything is hand done I have suspicion that the tailor used the thing that was readily available, his thumb. This is what I do in spacing for cartridge pleats and it works for me. Simply the width of my thumb, even if I am marking a flat piece.
Otherwise we know they used paper pattern strips which might be marked with their favorite pleat width, Regina Sent from my iPad On Mar 12, 2014, at 10:19 AM, "RC Sharp" <r.c.sh...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> It's not a leap to assume that the lower classes couldn't afford the >> yardage to do proper regular pleats, box pleats or cartridge pleats, and >> therefore did indeed gather out of necessity. For example, if one only had >> enough yardage to make a skirt that was 5 inches wider than the hip > > Methinks one would be poor indeed to afford only half a skirt from the used > garment seller. <g> > > Don't forget that _new_ fabric was usually a middle class or better market > and there was a thriving trade in used stuffs. > > -Kate > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
