"Flipping" pleat

[Phogfan86]

Rubenesque, perhaps, but every body is a work of art.
What, exactly, are you doing here?

Regards,
Rex.

You can tune a bass drone, but you can't tuna fish.

[Standard]

You can tune a bass drone, but you can't tuna fish.

[Barb T]

What, exactly, are you doing here?

I'm tuning drones before a band competition. Jackson's just so tall that, as Robert says, I really needed a step stool! The guy behind me is holding an electronic tuner, and I'm watching the needle on the tuner while I'm adjusting the drones.

[Bryan]

After loosening the second strap per Robert's suggestion, that seems to have fixed the problem somewhat. I never realized I had the top strap so tight. Thanks all.

[Pleater]

When making my own kilts I need to lift the inner edge of the under apron pleats, so a triangle of double fabric is visible above the edge of the apron and under apron before the waistband is attached. It is something to do with the flare of my hipbones I suspect.

Without that 'tweek' the pleats roll outwards.

There might be some fitting trick which could control that errant pleat and make it hang more correctly, but there are limits to what can be achieved when folding fabric around a three dimensional shape.

Anne the Pleater

[Bryan]

Thank you for all the replies. To answer your question Ted, they are hand-sewn traditional kilts.

[Dan R Porter]

I thought you were being kind and pouring your flask into his pipes.

[bricelythgoe]

Sometimes it's how the kilt is made, and sometimes it's the body of the wearer. As Robert says, wear the second strap loose. That can help. Also, the apron edge should be pressed on a flare from the bottom of the fell, and, if the apron edge is pressed parallel to a tartan stripe, you can steam out the original crease and press in a new one on a smooth flare.

I would like to get some help with this. I thought bringing up this old thread would be better than starting a new one. I just purchased a B&S casual and I am having this pleat flipping problem. I realized it is just as Barb described. Min is pressed parallel to a tartan stripe. I am not sure how to steam out the original and press in a new one. I have never steamed anything before. Could someone give me some more details about this?

Brice

[Bugbear]

I would like to get some help with this. I thought bringing up this old thread would be better than starting a new one. I just purchased a B&S casual and I am having this pleat flipping problem. I realized it is just as Barb described. Min is pressed parallel to a tartan stripe. I am not sure how to steam out the original and press in a new one. I have never steamed anything before. Could someone give me some more details about this?

Brice

From what kind of fabric is your kilt made: wool, wool blend, other?

Steeking.

[bricelythgoe]

From what kind of fabric is your kilt made: wool, wool blend, other?

Steeking.

It is wool from Burnetts and Struth.

Brice