How an Engineer lays out pleats

[Steve Ashton]

Hi Barb,

I'm sorry but I do not understand your comment in post #49 above.

Yes, I guess I could have pinned the pleats a bit better --
And yes I guess I could be a better photographer --
Also in this example I am showing the bottom of the pleats at the hem, so they are simply pinned temporarily. They have not yet been basted or pressed into their final relationship.

The pleat with the multiple red stripes is the first pleat right of the apron. To its left is the apron itself so of course the Tartan pattern does not align.

And when, after the final pressing, the tartan pattern created in the pleats is an exact copy of the entire Tartan how can it not be correct?

In this kilt, when it was finished, I could lay a strip of Tartan across the pleats and the Tartan pattern is re-created exactly.
No element of the Tartan is lost in the tapering.
How can that possibly be incorrect?