dyed skirts //SIMPLICITY

[Melody]

Catlady wrote:
> Stupid Catlady! I didn't notice that you were looking for SKIRT
> patterns, Zeff8 having said that Simplicity makes an easy one. I
> personally doubt the existence of an easy, pleasted (oxymoron!)
> skirt pattern, but the ONLY pleated skirt pattern I found in on-line
> catalog was Design 8680, which isn't really the same as the uniform
> skirt.


I was wondering whether I wrote it wrong to begin with.  Isn't a
pleated skirt just a length of fabric that is hemmed at the bottom,
pressed into desired length pleats, then sew partially down the
pleats, and finally sew a waist band to the skirt.  Well add a zipper
and button as well, but is that all really?  Yes time consuming, but
not really needed a pattern per say?  Am I over simplifying it?
Probably am.  I think I'll just stick with searching the land of Texas
for now.  I can manage the straight sewing of the robe, but the skirt
takes more patience and exact measurements.

Melody