Starting my first solid color

[McJore]

So today i started my first solid color, its going to have a 1 inch reveal, later on ill post some picks, this bastard is eating up materail like hell, see ya guys

[James MacMillan]

With a skinny guy like you, it shouldn't be that much fabric? How deep are your pleats?

[McJore]

With a skinny guy like you, it shouldn't be that much fabric? How deep are your pleats?

2 inches with 1 inch reveal

[James MacMillan]

2 inches with 1 inch reveal

Should be good! Waiting for the promised flix.

[McJore]

so heres the pic of the mock up pleats



it measures 98 cm fully pleated, unpleated it measures 3 meters, i havent cunted the pleats yet but there a lot

[McJore]

ok so after a full day of pleating i finished half of the pleating
so heres an update



heres a closeup of the pleats, by the way the fabric isnt solid color its checkerd



im ironing and using basting stitches and pins to hold the pleats in

[TheKiltedWonder]

interesting colour! What is the fabric?
Also, is the red thread just the basting stitches? Or are you using red to stitch down the pleats? If so, does the red show much?

[TheKiltedWonder]

p.s. there's a slight typo. you might wanna fix it to say you haven't "counted the pleats"

[McJore]

interesting colour! What is the fabric?
Also, is the red thread just the basting stitches? Or are you using red to stitch down the pleats? If so, does the red show much?

yep the thread is just for basting, have no idea what type of fabric it is when i bought it was stiff as hell, but since its first wash it feels like the type of fabric that khaki shorts are made of, i guess its some kind of cotton

[James MacMillan]

Just great McJore! You seem to be heading in the right direction! I like the looks of that fabric.