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Please, help with Splitting measurements between apron and pleats. I know how but I don't know how to choose the right one.

I'm on page #50 and #51 in T A o /K book.

Measurements are
waist 37 ''
Hips 41''
lengh 23''

Split:

waist 18.5 18.5
hips 20.5 20.5

ok I got that. But I don't get how I choose on the split choices?????


split #1
waist
apron 19"
pleats 18"

Hips
apron 21.5''
pleats 19.5''


Split #2
waist
apron 17''
pleats20''

Hips
apron 19''
pleats 22''

I'm using Texas Bluebonnet Tartan and yardage is not a problem I have plenty!

[Barb T.]

The table in the back of the book is really helpful, and you should also follow the guidelines about hip splits (namely that you don't want to have more than an inch difference between the hip measurement in the apron the hip measurement in the pleats and that you want the bigger measurement in the pleats). So,

hips: 20 (apron) and 21 (pleats)

Then, you can't have more in the apron at the waist than there is in the hips, so the waist measurement has to be 20 or less. If you chose 20, the apron would be straight with no flare. Not ideal. If you chose 19 in the apron, you'd have 18 in the pleats at the waist. If you chose 18.5 in the apron, there would also be 18.5 in the pleats at the waist, again, not ideal.

So, I'd use:

waist: 19 (apron) and 18 (pleats)

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Barb, thank you so much! This was so stressful. It was reminding me of word problems in College Algebra. They would always cause me to flunk my tests.

[Barb T.]

No prob!