OK - don't laugh - I went over 8 yards of 24inch wide fabric with a pin and moved dozens of little flaws to the other side so as to reverse it. It was a fabric with a proper folding over selvedge, but the diagonal of the twill ran the wrong way, so I fixed it.
I have also cut fabric across the warp and joined it in order to get the diagonals going the way I wanted.
I do measure pleats with a vernier - in case you're wondering, so precisely that I can detect alterations in the tension of the threads in the fabric and also tell that I am not symmetrical. When I buckle on a kilt I consciously alter the way I stand in order to align the front and back of it. It's done wonders for my spine.
Yes - slightly crackers but almost totally harmless.
Anne the Pleater :ootd:
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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