"Box pleats are cheaper"? Howja reckon that? I've been doing them for a while now (which loosely translates as "Far too #@*** long...) and it's only this week that I've managed to do-up a military box-pleat in the same time that I can do a knife-pleat (12 hours, in 3 x 4-hour sessions). I lay out the aprons and apron pleats and do the usual calculation of number/size of pleats. I then chalk the width of each pleat at seat, hip and rise. then I baste and press each box pleat before sewing them up. This works for pleating to the stripe - I wouldn't want to box-pleat to the sett. this is hard to describe without demonstration or photos, but I hope it makes sense to you.

A Guid New Year tae one and A'