Cartridge pleats

Using the pattern as a guide I worked out how much more my pattern will need to be to go around part of the bodice. I then first did a sam...

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A step by step tutorial how to make and sew historical cartridge or guaging pleats the quick and easy way with curtain pleat tape.

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You can see that I'm not too precise, i just eyeball it. LOL Stitches are thumb-width approx 3/4" long in two rows thumb-width apart.

This is a story about cartridge pleating in the 18th century, specifically on fitted-back (robe a la anglaise) women’s gowns. About how I first did not know anything about it, and then learne…

Learn how to sew cartridge pleats like in the Victorian era! In the Victorian era, skirts were often attached with cartridge pleats – or gauging – to the waistband. Cartridge pleats help to give the skirt a dome shape which was fashionable between the 1840s and 1860s. Here’s a picture of an 1850s dress with … Continue reading How To Sew Cartridge Pleats – A Tutorial →

1850s. Day dress of green silk taffeta with a plaid of brown, white, and black, one piece, with a front opening bodice, pagoda and cap sleeves, and a floor-length skirt evenly cartridge-pleated to the bodice. The bodice is constructed with two front panels and one back panel, with the side and shoulder seams placed toward the back of the body, and curved tucks mimicking seams in back. These curved tucks are machine-sewn, while the rest of the garment is hand-sewn. There are two darts beneath…

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