Quote Originally Posted by The F-H.C.A.G. View Post
I knew I liked you guys for a reason! That's two drinks...Next! That reminds me of a redhead joke...maybe another time.
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So, how about those drinks?
O.K.! We'll start with tonight when we meet up with visiting XMarker, mkmound, in Los Gatos in a couple hours. You can practice the redhead joke on us in a convivial setting.


Regarding those sewn down pleats - your picture shows a perfect example of what's called "stair-stepping." But take some credit, because the "steps" were exactly and consistently off, which means that your technique is consistent.

Now all that needs to be done is to offset one pleat against the other by exactly that distance in the opposite direction before sewing them down. Then after they are sewn, the stripes should match up exactly. This pleat sewing technique - as it relates to hand stitching - is discussed in the book, The Art of Kiltmaking, but it is also applicable to machine sewing, especially with wool.