After hours of sewing pleats in by hand, tacking in place , pressing, then removing tack stitches and pressing again..... Oh, I wish I'd known this earlier. Pleats, buttons and pockets have always been my favourite additions to any garment I make. Thank you for sharing.
Wish I had thought of this when making knife pleats for an 1870's wedding dress. Spent days measuring, pinning, pressing, measuring, pinning, pressing. I like your way better, much smarter 😁
Funnily enough, just yesterday I watched a video about artisans making folding paper fans. The flat paper was placed between two pleating boards like this to make the folds. Very interesting process!
Brilliant! I'm 72, started sewing when I was 8, and have never come across a pleating board before. I always keep my mind open for new ideas and am so glad I saw this video!
Thank you so much. I’m trying to make David Bowie’s white parachute for my dear neighbour, (she’s going to a 3 day Bowie festival in June at 62years old 🤗👊🏼), and I’m not great at sewing. I’ve had 3 attempts but the pleating foiled me every time. I will try again with at least a little more confidence. ❤️❤️❤️
Great instructions. If you use a plastic spatula or "drywall knife" to shove the fabric into the pocket it's faster. Drywall knives come in several widths, up to 12".
Beautifully done. I worked in a dry cleansers in the 80s. Pleated everything was the thing at that time. There is a very good reason a pleated skirt or drapes cost a bit more to press. Very time consuming.
Great job! Helpful extras in the commentary about rulers & credit cards to get a clean 'dip' - so simple, but something I might not think of in the moment. Tasks like this can be hypnotic - in a good and bad way!
Omg, I saw something like this in a video about a shop that uses these, but I've never seen anyone use it in a home setting! I love this!! The shop that did this sandwiched the fabric between two layers of paper and then had a special steam room setup to set the pleats into the fabric. Your result looks SO sharp. I'm so impressed omg.
Love it...thanks for this, been thinking about making pleats for a lose fitted trouser and I needed alot of pleats...will try it and post on my channel whenever I get to it...and definitely tag you as my inspiration ❤
This video just saved me! I’m starting a long pleated ruffle and have been trying to decide the best way to go about it. This option is perfect for my needs. Woot! Thank you!!
This is when the internet is best! Somebody posts something a bit niche - and another person goes "that's just the information I needed!" (Having sewn a fair amount of facemasks in the past year, I now hate pleats. Something like this would have made everything easier and probably given more consistent results.)
Very helpful video. I make pleats at smaller scale like 1:3 to 1:12 and I found several pointers in this video that will make my life easier. Thank you! The resulting gown is also stunning !
Lovely tutorial, thank you! I used the back of the pointy side of a seam ripper to mark the paper and it worked perfectly (in case the scissors against the ruler is a pain in the butt).
I decided to use an awl instead of scissors to mark the lines it works wonders and doesn't hurt my plastic ruler (does have an issue with my desk/sewing machine table, so I added a cloth underneath)
Nice tutorial! Where were you when I needed this just over a year ago when I started making pleated facemasks? ;-) I'm definitely going to try making a pleat-board for my mask pattern, because nobody deserves the eternal punishment that is measuring, pinning, pressing, measuring, pinning, pressing, repeat...
Brilliant. I just made a pleater board recently. But I was unsure how to use it. May I ask the ratio of vinager, starch , water ratio you used to make the pleats stay? I'm using it on polyester organza for a show I'm working on.
I'm so glad I found you on my first attempt. It will make my project so much easier and faster. One question: If you're using double-sided fusible interfacing, how can you iron one side directly onto the interfacing? I must be missing something and this may be a dumb question. But help if you can.
Do you know how to calulate how nuch extra fabric do i need to buy to make it plead? Like if i goona need 30 cm in a straight fabric, how much more do i need to have 30cm worthy of pleaed fabric?
how would you prevent the pleats from weakening or from losing its shape when you wash it in the laundry multiple times? Would it not eventually lose it shape after several usage? beginner sewing student here:,))
I’m really confused, how does it attach to the paper after the interfacing is ironed on? Which side up? In the video it looks like the interfacing side is facing up but if that’s the case then how do you get the pleats?
Seeing the math she was doing in the beginning unsettled me a bit. Then I remembered that I am an Engineering student and I can do most of that math. Perhaps then I can just engineer the pleats? Perhaps I am studying engineering to follow my calling of making pleats!
Thank you very much for this tutorial. I just didn't understand what type of paper are you using? You said: 'you need two pieces of ..... paper'. But I didn't catch the word🤦♀️
