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12-01-2008, 07:29 PM
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| | | Pleating the corner of a fly plaid...
So, I'm going to be making a fly plaid soon. I'm going to do the plain fringe, and I know it's supposed to be pleated at one corner to go through the epaulette/brooch.
What I'm not aware of is how it's pleated. Could any of you kiltmakers (Barb? Matt?) describe that, or could any of you other folks who own a fly plaid post a picture of the pleated corner, perhaps?
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12-02-2008, 01:09 PM
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Sorry - clicked the wrong place
Anne the Pleater
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12-03-2008, 08:45 AM
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12-03-2008, 08:51 AM
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Here is a picture of a fly that was pleated to the stripe all the way down. 
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12-03-2008, 08:57 AM
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The pleating looks like a knife pleat. If you look at the sketch below, the pleat is sewn thru the two layers of the folded pleat and into the previous pleats edge. 
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12-03-2008, 09:00 AM
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Are fly plaids pleated and stitched or just loosely folded accordion style and pinned? I've never heard of pleating plaid to a stripe or the sett.
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12-03-2008, 09:08 AM
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A Piper's Plaid has sewn down pleats, but I've never seen a pleated fly plaid. It is usually just neatly gathered at the shoulder.
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12-03-2008, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende  Are fly plaids pleated and stitched or just loosely folded accordion style and pinned? I've never heard of pleating plaid to a stripe or the sett. | Quote:
Originally Posted by billmcc A Piper's Plaid has sewn down pleats, but I've never seen a pleated fly plaid. It is usually just neatly gathered at the shoulder. | Some suppliers will have the gathers sewn in, but this is just for convenience. You don't pleat the length of the plaid; you neatly gather one corner and pin it to the front of the jacket.
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12-03-2008, 09:37 AM
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The piece of material for the fly that I posted has 10 pleats. I would guess that the sett is 6-8 inches plus 4 setts on each side of the pleats, makes the width of the material about 3 yards. That is certainly not your basic fly that is 4 foot square.
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12-03-2008, 09:38 AM
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Here's a close-up from House of Tartan: 
It hangs on the diagonal, and would be hard to pleat to a stripe.
And others:  
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