if I sleep, the numbers will get me, if I sleep, the numbers will get me, if I sleep

[CameronTaylor]

OK, I'm not seeing it but it's right in front of me.
I have Rebecca's measurements and such, here's the plan:
Waist 34
Hips 41
Fell 7 (checked the rise and drop Steve, they're pretty even)
Length 13 (yep, that's what I said too ! )

Ok, 11-2" pleats would give me a 12 inch apron, 12 would give me a 10" apron but I'm having a difficult time figuring out what the taper would be either way. Could somebody please crunch those numbers, PLEASE ???


CT - math is just one of the services we suck at

[Perldog007]

Ok, 11-2" pleats would give me a 12 inch apron, 12 would give me a 10" apron but I'm having a difficult time figuring out what the taper would be either way. Could somebody please crunch those numbers, PLEASE ???


CT - math is just one of the services we suck at

Hmmm, both kilts that i have made look like they came out of rehab centers, and not very reputable ones. They way I do the math....

11x2 = 22; 41 - 22 = 19 apron tapering to 12 inches at the waist

22 + 19 = 41 hips: 22 + 12 = 34 waist.

or....

12 x 2 = 24; 41 - 24 = 17 tapering to 10 inches at waist.

24 + 17 = 41 hips: 24 + 10 = 34 waist.

The Xmarks instructions say to taper the pleats in an orderly manner to get a rectangular apron the way I read them.

for 2/3 pleats 41/3 - 13.6666666666666666666666666666666666666

so about 26 inches of pleats, 15 of apron. then if your taper is in the apron, it has to be 8 inches at the waist flaring out to an "A" line of 15 inches.

or to put the taper in the pleats for a rectangular apron -

First and last pleat, no taper. Leaves 11 pleats to taper 7 inches.... 7/11 roughly .63 inches per or.....

pleats 2,3,4,5,6 .6 inch taper (3.0) pleat 6 1.0 (4.0 total) , pleats 7,8,9 10, 11 .6 inches (7.0 total taper) gives 7 inches... don't know if that is even workable.

With that drop, would prolly be stunning even if I sewed it up, but hopefully somebody with much more skill than me will pitch in here.

I taper mine at the apron, so far haven't quite perfected that art form. But getting closer to a non-disaster.....

[TimC]

OW! That hurt my head...good luck CT.

-Tim

[CameronTaylor]

Out of all of that I realized I wasn't seeing it because I was looking at the wrong number.
Duh, it's tapering from 34 to 41 (shaking head at self ...)

OK, NOW I've got it.

And Thank You.


CT -

[Tattoo Bradley]

Wow.

[Alan H]

Yeah, it's easy.

she's 41 inches around the butt.
she's 34 inches round the waist.

That's a seven inch difference.

If you were gonna make a skirt with seven pleats, then you'd have to work in one inch of taper for each pleat.
If you were gonna make a skirt with 14 pleats, then you'd have to work in one-half inch of taper for each pleat.
If you were gonna make a skirt with 21 pleats then you'd have to work in one-third inch of taper for each pleat.

If you're going to make a skirt with ten pleats, then how much taper do you have to put into each pleat?

[Alan H]

Answer: 7/10th's of an inch.

which is 0.7 inch....which is pretty close to 0.75 inch, which so happens to be 3/4's of an inch.

So taper each pleat a little bit less than 3/4 of an inch (if you're gonna have ten pleats) and she'll be stylin'.

[CameronTaylor]

Quit tryin' ta confuse me, she's gettin' thirteen pleats and a 14 inch apron.
Trust me it'll look good.


CT - so will the kilt (or shkirt if you prefer)

[Luckey]

:beer: After all that ciphering I'll need it!