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I really need help. I don't know how to pleat a skirt. Is there a pattern for it? Is there a pattern to make ties? How do you paint a skirt or tie (if there is a pattern for making it)? I have the material for both items already.

Here's a picture of the tie and skirt: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/ ... /kairi.jpg

Please and thank you.

I know that you could get away with a normal tie if you make the tie short, and conceal the rest, or a clip on.

See if Goodwill or somewhere has a tie. I know the one around here has ties of all sizes, shapes, colours and widths, and has a whole wall of them for 99 cents.

As for the skirt, pleating can be easy if you're skilled with an iron. If I remember correctly, you make the skirt so that it fits you like a miniskirt until halfway down, then double its width at the bottom, gradiating in between. Start in the front and work one at a time. If your pleats are, say, three inches wide, you measure out segments of three inches straight up and down on the skirt. The space in between these should start out at about one inch at the bottom, and /\ up until the tops of the lines of the pleats meet (or as clost to that as you can get). Then, fold along your lines, putting a three-inch panel in the front, then folding a one-inch panel behind it, then folding forward on the other side of the one-inch. You should now have a three-inch panel that is overlapping another three-inch pane. Then, fold the next one-inch part over the three-inch part, and fold the next three-inch part over the one inch part. Then start over with step one. Press pleats with a warm iron until crisp as you go, so you don't have to re-fold them. Press pleats again before wearing.

The skirt should be double-sided with a fairly stiff, thin batting between. This will also help your pleats keep their shape.

Of course, you'll want to measure out your hemline first, and then figure out how wide your panels need to be so that they will complete the pattern, and you won't have two overlapping panels trying to connect at the end.

Again, I'm not entirely sure, but this is what I recall.