Making this DIY Pleater for miniature dollhouse drapes! 

WELL! You have solved THAT problem for me...........I have been looking for an affordable solution for pleating fabric. Now I will not have to sell my first born and my soul to get draperies in my drawingroom. To use a term I have heard my young'uns use - YOU ROCK! Thank you....this along with some of the other creative things you have demonstrated will certainly be useful for my project.

Thank you for sharing your talents with us.❤❤❤

Thank you, thank you Penny. I was searching for one just an hour ago and found one which is made in Australia. Hooray I thought, something is actually made in my country for a change. But I bombed out as they had sold out. I then researched online and saw diy pleaters. I saw one that used skinny sticks but didn’t know what they were. I thought maybe some bamboo skewers might work. Hmm I will keep looking on RU-vid and then I saw your tutorial. Another hooray, Penny has done a trial. I don’t have to spend a day trying to see if it would work. Penny I must say you are a marvellous teacher with a very calming voice. So now this old gal can save this for future use. Thank you for sharing. Cheers Robyn 😊❤

Thank you Penny for sharing your experiences, like you I was shocked at the price of these pleaters. Our hobby/craft should not be a financial strain! For me the fun is in adapting, improvising and modifying what we already have.

I made my own as well, plastic corrugated sheet and bamboo skewers which fit perfectly into the holes from the corrugating. Cost under two dollars, I too looked on line. LOL

Thank you. I just made this by following your tutorial.

What a fantastic tutorial Penny, I had to pick my jaw up off the floor when you said the price of the pleater, I think what you’ve created is great, it’s going to help so many miniaturists out, and the fabric with the spray starch definitely looks better, tfs x Julie 🇬🇧

Fantastic idea. Thanks

You are a wonderful instructor

Awesome tutorial, I will go make one of these pleaters .. Thanks so much for sharing this.

Brilliant, thankyou... I love how the lace turned out, it looks so natural. I've been looking for a pleater too....off to make 1 right now❤

Fabulous! Thanks, Kathleen

Love your tutorials . Thank you !!!

Thank you for this tutorial! Great tips!!❤

Thank you! What an awesome tool!

Brilliant!!

Fabulous tutorial saving for future ❤

This is great Thankyou for sharing😊

Fantastic!

You are a miniature life-saver! I just didn't want to spend the money on something I could work around not having. Now I don't have to! This will be so helpful for my castle diorama, thank you so much.

Great minds think a like. I was looking at those pleaters a couple years ago, and came across the same thing. SOOOO expensive. I decided when the time comes I need it, I will make my own. Exactly the same way you did, except I didn't think of the foam board, and I was going to use a spray sealant. Didn't even think of mod podge.. heh I also didn't think of stir sticks. I was going to get various sizes of dowels from Lowe's and cut them down. Yours is better because I already have a big box of stir sticks. Ok, so I guess not "exactly" the same way you did, but pretty dang close.. haha Great video.

Great idea! Thank you! I would probably only use natural fabrics like coton, silk and thin wool. Artificial fibres are notoriously bad at holding shape!

There are a couple of items I'd like to have for miniature building but I just cannot justify spending the kind of money being asked. It's insane! I remember my great grandma having some sort of pleat maker when i was a kid in the early '70's, so the pleater was probably made in the '40's or '50's. It was metal and looked like a tiny washboard with these hard plastic sticks attached to a hinged arm at the top. I remember asking if i could play with the tiny washboard like i played with her button box , but that "toy" she said no. I think it's use was to starch the pleats at the waistband when making a pleated skirt. I was way too young to really understand what it did, and i hadn't thought about that since this post. I have seen a few vintage sewing notions that would have made some of my sewing and quilting projects so much easier, but the asking price was just ridiculous! 17:56

Use a credit card to get the fabric pushed down.