TIPS & TRICKS

1 PICK YOUR PLEAT

There are many styles of pleat to choose from when designing a garment, and you might find that one type works better in your project than others. Traditionally, the three types of pleat used most commonly in dressmaking are the knife pleat, the box pleat and the inverted box pleat – read on for more on what each of these styles entails.

2 LANGUAGE LESSONS

While they’re fairly simple once you get the hang of the technique, knowing the correct terms