Burda Style For people who sew

Hemming pleats can be tricky. One choice is to hem the fabric before you pleat it, but if that is not an option here are instructions for hemming after pleating. Basically, you are training the pleats to fold the opposite direction below the hem foldline.

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Pleats that need hemming, ruler, tailor's chalk, an iron, a bit of patience

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  Jan 22, 2009, 07.56 AMby funkyteal

  Thanks so much for this. Looks tricky and a bit time consuming but I think if I have a free weekend soon (second semester senior, almost there!) I’ll give it a shot.
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  Dec 30, 2008, 10.07 AMby littleredfox

  ok. just hemmed my first pleated skirt. the tutorial/how-to was absolutely perfect and so helpful. thank you so much!
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  Dec 29, 2008, 06.07 PMby littleredfox

  oh thank you a million times over!!! i googled “how-to hem pleats” and this was one of my first options. shoulda known you girls at burda woulda thought of this :) i am so grateful and it looks totally doable!!
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  Nov 22, 2008, 12.02 PMby bola

  oh man i wish i read this before making my skirt!! thanks for the info though!! bx
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  Aug 19, 2008, 02.22 PMby deaf258

  For some reason the rating doesn’t work. I wanted to rate it 5 buttons because I felt it was well presented. People really need to learn to discern ratings fairly on the qualities of a tutorial, not rating on how hard the project is!
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  Mar 11, 2008, 03.21 AMby jacky76

  That’s very usefully, thanks a lot :)))
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  Mar 9, 2008, 04.04 AMby marmota-b

  It looks like quite a lot of work, but apart from that it’s prety clear from the photos, thank you!