Confessions........

[Scratchy's Lass]

Ya know, it's not just the pleating properly aspect that has me nervous and spooked - it's the whole thing about tapering pleats and such when still keeping the sett and lines and all properly lined up, etc.

Sure, I'd think that a straight-up-and-down-formation-of-a-pleat that ends up with 'x' colored line properly verticle and 'y' colored line properly horizontal shouldn't be that hard if carefully done. BUT WHEN I GET TO THE 'TAPERING' ASPECT IN THE BOOK....

Maybe it's a mental concept hurdle, but 'it's gonna work out straight, but it will be tapered.....but it will come out looking straight.... but it's not gonna be the same size at the top, middle and bottom all at the same time....but it's gonna come out straight.... UhHUH.

[sydnie7]

Ya know, it's not just the pleating properly aspect that has me nervous and spooked - it's the whole thing about tapering pleats and such when still keeping the sett and lines and all properly lined up, etc.

Sure, I'd think that a straight-up-and-down-formation-of-a-pleat that ends up with 'x' colored line properly verticle and 'y' colored line properly horizontal shouldn't be that hard if carefully done. BUT WHEN I GET TO THE 'TAPERING' ASPECT IN THE BOOK....

Maybe it's a mental concept hurdle, but 'it's gonna work out straight, but it will be tapered.....but it will come out looking straight.... but it's not gonna be the same size at the top, middle and bottom all at the same time....but it's gonna come out straight.... UhHUH.

I think it's a concept better experienced than written about. That is, try it, and I think you'll get that "AHA" moment where it suddenly becomes clear because you are seeing it instead of trying to visualize it from somebody else's words.

This from a person who makes her living as a technical writer, no less but much as I love the language and the joy of clear expression, there are some things you just have to put hands on and DO. (It's a family board or I'd provide analogies LOL)