For linen pieces designed to be removed, yeah, you see that in balayeuse'dust ruffles all the time :) I don't think I've seen one where it wasn't whipped/tacked into place for the purpose of removal.
For featured pleats, they tended to be tacked in place, someone just recently posted about this and a link to a site that showed this and for the life of me I can't recall the name of the site. It may have come up on tumblr...Aha! http://www.bustledress.com/cgi-bin/z.pl/reset/article.lisa.20090202-01.html
Oooh, while looking on tumblr this came up :) http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/80035943 The balayeuse has a nice bound edge, can't tell if it is casing or tape, but that will be where it is basted for removal. Knowing how they could be pressed again through a fluter it makes sense that they are so fine and delicate- knew they were easier to wash than the main skirt but resetting pleats each time... This one though is knife pleated so they would have to be hand set.
Hope this helps :)
I'm planning on sneaking my Mina red dress in somehow for D*C given I am already bringing a big bustle support (though not a real one due to the actual costume being a spot of stage trickery). That baby has ll the pleats tacked to the support lining every 8 inches or so up the length of the skirt. It's kind of a nice repetitive thing to do. I like making pleats in general though :)
Oh! Those links are super helpful! The back of my dress was to have super deep pleats if I stick with my fashion plate (I want to mock up the drape to see if I like big pleats ending at the side, and then the small pleats starting. Not a fan of the start and stop designs when there is not a clear vertical ruffle or banding of some sort to break them up).
Using the tape to keep them in place in the center is exactly the trick I needed to know! I also had no idea I might need to flatline my wool pleats. Ugh, this is going to be a ton of work. I hope I finish this overly ambitious project by next month.
For featured pleats, they tended to be tacked in place, someone just recently posted about this and a link to a site that showed this and for the life of me I can't recall the name of the site. It may have come up on tumblr...Aha!
http://www.bustledress.com/cgi-bin/z.pl/reset/article.lisa.20090202-01.html
Oooh, while looking on tumblr this came up :)
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/80035943
The balayeuse has a nice bound edge, can't tell if it is casing or tape, but that will be where it is basted for removal. Knowing how they could be pressed again through a fluter it makes sense that they are so fine and delicate- knew they were easier to wash than the main skirt but resetting pleats each time... This one though is knife pleated so they would have to be hand set.
Hope this helps :)
I'm planning on sneaking my Mina red dress in somehow for D*C given I am already bringing a big bustle support (though not a real one due to the actual costume being a spot of stage trickery). That baby has ll the pleats tacked to the support lining every 8 inches or so up the length of the skirt. It's kind of a nice repetitive thing to do. I like making pleats in general though :)
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Using the tape to keep them in place in the center is exactly the trick I needed to know! I also had no idea I might need to flatline my wool pleats. Ugh, this is going to be a ton of work. I hope I finish this overly ambitious project by next month.
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