pleated to the "dreaded lawn chair effect"

[plaid preacher]

Hi Terry. Sorry for the delay I was struggling to get good photos and then to post them here. Here is what I finally ended up with after several different pinnings at Kilt Kamp a couple of years ago. I am partial to pleating to the stripe, but since there aren't any natural stripes to pleat to we ended up with this. This is comprised of the beige stripe that runs through the red block (the first full element shown on the apron edge to the left in the photo). To achieve the stripe I centred the edge of the stripe. I like this pleating because it maintains the tonal qualities of the tartan. The others that we experimented with pulled the pleats into a different tonal shade and lost some of the brightness.... I thought.

I have another photo of a different pleating to the block at home...and will try to post it later, if this works.