I'm trying to make some trousers with just a single simple pleat at the front and it's just not working. I've made internal lines, I've done the folding thing but when I try to do the pleat sewing I keep getting this message.
The difference between the sewing lines is disproportionately large or there is an unusual overlapping of sewing lines.
It doesn't make sense. You have to sewing lines. Yeah. I've got the sewing lines! What the hell does "overlapping" mean? There's no overlap. I've watched a tute or two on pleats and I'm doing everything according to the tutes so is it a bug or am I missing something?
There is no bug it means you are not doing the pleat sewing correctly. You need to maybe look at the tutorials again and watch it very closely. When you sew pleats there is a specific order to do the process and when sewing you must be very careful that the mating sewing line is correctly sewn. If the software says you have a overlap you can bet you do, as it's generally never wrong on that score, it won't allow poor pleating construction - so just check your sewing lengths again and focus.
Your 1st successful pleat is usually that magical 'aha' moment when the penny drops on how it works. What I suggest is do the same pleat as in the tutorial and do it move by move so you get a successful result - so you see how it works 1st hand. Then go back to your project and apply that approach - with pleating > practice makes perfect, it is a skill you need to have laser like focus on the measures, the sewing and the math.
Good luck.
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Thanks. I don't have a result yet but I'm watching an intro-to-pleats tute by MD and yeah............there's more to it than I thought and more to it than the first couple of tutes showed.
I think there's a bug with the pleats sewing tool. It would only let me do free sewing on the first pattern and then it would give me something random, it would not let me do free sewing at all. Can someone else confirm that, please?
The pleat sewing tool relies on the rule of 3s for pleating and when you use the sewing tool it relied on the segment points not the internal lines
Struggling with this too. The video tutorial is not clear at all.
In order to get the pleats to sew correctly (with overlap/mating line) I have to split the sewing line into even segments, then use "Offset as internal line along curve" to add matching internal lines for the folds. Two steps. Then use the pleat fold tool to set the fold directions/strengths. Finally, use the pleat sewing tool. The pleat sewing tool follows the segment points, not the internal lines as indicated in the tutorial.
Is this correct?
We apologize if it is unclear in one of our tutorials, For the pleat sewing tool to work you have to have segment points on the exterior of the pattern that are at the ends of the internal lines. So for all internal lines you want to make into pleat lines you need to select them > right click> extend and add point.
So you make the internal lines > add segment points to the ends of them and that completes the needs for the pleat sewing tool to work. Then you can apply the pleat tool / fold angles to the internal lines. the order doesn't have to be exact for the fold angle and the segment points. Once those both are done I recommend simming ( with gravity off) and then using the pleat sewing tool - sewing to the Waist band or the not pleated piece first THEN to the pleated fabric after making sure it works with those segment points (you will notice the pleated material needs to be ~3x as long)
I think this "follow along" style pleat tutorial may be more helpful https://youtu.be/MczNdvzegRE Try this one out.
Thank you so much for your response and the tutorial link. Between the two all of my questions have been answered. Appreciate it!
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