Stripe or Sett?

[Pleater]

There is nothing like actually seeing the fabric and experimenting with different ways to pleat - there tend to be memorable ones, such as pleating to alternate red and yellow stripes, or the one I have which is a striped fabric and the inside of the pleats are alternately mostly red and mostly white, with black and gray added, but what shows is plain gray and black.

Then there are the almost to sett but which minimise one aspect, or brings out another, but really subtly.

It is part of the craft to bring out different aspects of the pattern, and part of the fun to work out the way to bring about the best result. Even better is getting a perfect effect when there is only just enough fabric but nothing is wasted and nothing is scrimped.

Anne the Pleater

[Standard]

Generally I prefer pleated to the sett. That being said I do think that some tartans look very sharp pleated to the stripe, but of course it depends on the stripe and to some extent what the "reveal" is. There are many striking examples on this list that perhapse would not automatically come to mind.