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Shutter pleats on a dress designerwannabe 06-16-2008
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Posted by designerwannabe on June 16, 2008, 8:07 am
Hi,
I'm sewing a sleeveless dress out of dupioni silk for my daughter and she
would like the bodice to have vertical shutter pleats on it. I cannot find
a pattern like that. Do you know where I could find a pattern like that or
instructions on how to do that? The pattern she selected is Butterick
B5176 but she envisioned shutter pleats instead of gathers.

Any ideas?

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Posted by gjones2938 on June 16, 2008, 1:28 pm
Can you describe what you mean by "shutter pleats?" I taught design
for thirty years, and I've never heard of them.

Teri

Posted by BEI Design on June 16, 2008, 4:44 pm

gjones2938 wrote:
> Can you describe what you mean by "shutter pleats?" I
> taught design for thirty years, and I've never heard of
> them.
>
> Teri

You didn't quote any of the OP, and I didn't see the
original message (gmail or sewergirsl?), but google shows
several sites with "Shutter Pleats":

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Shutter+Pleats&btnG=Google+Search

I don't know why anyone would want to do that, though.

Beverly



Posted by Pogonip on June 16, 2008, 8:02 pm
BEI Design wrote:
> gjones2938 wrote:
>> Can you describe what you mean by "shutter pleats?" I
>> taught design for thirty years, and I've never heard of
>> them.
>>
>> Teri
>
> You didn't quote any of the OP, and I didn't see the
> original message (gmail or sewergirsl?), but google shows
> several sites with "Shutter Pleats":
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Shutter+Pleats&btnG=Google+Search
>
> I don't know why anyone would want to do that, though.
>
> Beverly
>
>

It looks like it adds a bit of *poof* in an area that some might like to
have more dimension.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by BEI Design on June 16, 2008, 8:12 pm
Pogonip wrote:
> BEI Design wrote:
> > gjones2938 wrote:
> > > Can you describe what you mean by "shutter pleats?" I
> > > taught design for thirty years, and I've never heard
> > > of them.
> > >
> > > Teri
> >
> > You didn't quote any of the OP, and I didn't see the
> > original message (gmail or sewergirsl?), but google
> > shows several sites with "Shutter Pleats":
> >
> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Shutter+Pleats&btnG=Google+Search
> >
> > I don't know why anyone would want to do that, though.
> >
> > Beverly
> >
> >
>
> It looks like it adds a bit of *poof* in an area that
> some might like to have more dimension.

But the fashion industry is convinced all women are a size
"0". So of course we can use the added width....

Beverly



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