Basting/Washing/Pleating Bulk Threat

[Dollander]

You don't wanna do it on a machine since it'll be a pain in the thòn to remove it afterwards. I just did that zig-zaggy stitch I've seen in photos to baste the edge of each pleat to the fabric below it, both at the selvage and halfway to the fell, along with more thorough basting for the apron edges and where the pleats meet in the middle (mine are all RevK). And I didn't even need to re-press them afterwards. Though there is one other thing I did to insure that the instructions to only clean and not press would be followed:

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Couldn't find any chalk so I had to embroider that freehand. And I did tell the clerk that it's nothing personal, I'm just paranoid.