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First the petersham
was cut to length, the ends tidied, and the worked loops sewn in ready
for the hooks. The instructions tell you to use a large hook and
eye... I can think of few more uncomfortable things at any point
on the neck, so I chose to use two little ones with worked loops.
Next I needed to mark the 1" intervals for spacing the pleats. Had I used a fading marker, as suggested in the instructions, it would have faded before I got this lot completed, so I used a sharp chalk pencil. |
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Then the first end of the ribbon was neatened. The instructions tell you to do this with Fraycheck type stuff. IKK! I turned it over and hemmed it down. |
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Marking this very
sheer ribbon was... 'interesting'. The chalk pencil lines didn't
show and brushed off way too quickly to be useful, and I ended up just
using pins.
I stitched the pleats into place ready for drawing up. |
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I did the gathering/pleating a bit at a time, as this ribbon is very springy and tended to curl up and escape! Once drawn up I could see that it was probably going to work very effectively. |