I'd never done pleats before this skirt, and they turned out surprisingly well. It helped that the fabric had subtle stripes already, so the pleats were guaranteed to be the right size.
They're knife pleats, which are probably the easiest but have the disadvantage of asymmetry, if that's important to you.
For my next pleated skirt, I will advance a level and try out box pleats. Maybe on a larger doll though, so I don't have to make teeny-tiny folds everywhere. American Girl-scale wouldn't be too hard.
Worst part of making this : I pleated, and then hemmed. Why? I don't know. I guess I got so into the idea of "hey, let's do pleats!" that I forgot skirts needed hems too... This made sewing the hem quite painful. I need to remember to HEM FIRST.
They're knife pleats, which are probably the easiest but have the disadvantage of asymmetry, if that's important to you.
For my next pleated skirt, I will advance a level and try out box pleats. Maybe on a larger doll though, so I don't have to make teeny-tiny folds everywhere. American Girl-scale wouldn't be too hard.
Worst part of making this : I pleated, and then hemmed. Why? I don't know. I guess I got so into the idea of "hey, let's do pleats!" that I forgot skirts needed hems too... This made sewing the hem quite painful. I need to remember to HEM FIRST.
The main Fail of this skirt is that the waistband is neither hip-sized nor waist-sized, but sits awkwardly in between. This means that if you push the skirt down so that the waistband is snug, it becomes vertical in the front and sticks out in the back, as you can see on the right. -->
Not a good look, so I generally leave the skirt a bit higher, as in the first picture.
For the next skirt, a waist-sized waistband would be best.
Not a good look, so I generally leave the skirt a bit higher, as in the first picture.
For the next skirt, a waist-sized waistband would be best.
Looks like I was having fun with bead-and-loop again. It's still too lumpy.
You can see more clearly here that I didn't use the right thread color. (It's visible on the hem in the above pictures as well.) I need to pay more attention to things like that.
Poor Eun-Jae still doesn't have a proper shirt!
You can see more clearly here that I didn't use the right thread color. (It's visible on the hem in the above pictures as well.) I need to pay more attention to things like that.
Poor Eun-Jae still doesn't have a proper shirt!