Pleating the corner of a fly plaid...

[chasem]

So, I'm going to be making a fly plaid soon. I'm going to do the plain fringe, and I know it's supposed to be pleated at one corner to go through the epaulette/brooch.

What I'm not aware of is how it's pleated. Could any of you kiltmakers (Barb? Matt?) describe that, or could any of you other folks who own a fly plaid post a picture of the pleated corner, perhaps?

Thanks guys!

[Pleater]

Sorry - clicked the wrong place

Anne the Pleater

[chasem]

No dice?

[ChattanCat]

Here is a picture of a fly that was pleated to the stripe all the way down.

[ChattanCat]

The pleating looks like a knife pleat. If you look at the sketch below, the pleat is sewn thru the two layers of the folded pleat and into the previous pleats edge.

[Rex_Tremende]

Are fly plaids pleated and stitched or just loosely folded accordion style and pinned? I've never heard of pleating plaid to a stripe or the sett.

[billmcc]

A Piper's Plaid has sewn down pleats, but I've never seen a pleated fly plaid. It is usually just neatly gathered at the shoulder.

[davedove]

Are fly plaids pleated and stitched or just loosely folded accordion style and pinned? I've never heard of pleating plaid to a stripe or the sett.

A Piper's Plaid has sewn down pleats, but I've never seen a pleated fly plaid. It is usually just neatly gathered at the shoulder.

Some suppliers will have the gathers sewn in, but this is just for convenience. You don't pleat the length of the plaid; you neatly gather one corner and pin it to the front of the jacket.

[ChattanCat]

The piece of material for the fly that I posted has 10 pleats. I would guess that the sett is 6-8 inches plus 4 setts on each side of the pleats, makes the width of the material about 3 yards. That is certainly not your basic fly that is 4 foot square.

[Rex_Tremende]

Here's a close-up from House of Tartan:



It hangs on the diagonal, and would be hard to pleat to a stripe.

And others: