E.S.P. Sew Along: OK Pleats For Real This Time – Decades of Style
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Okeedoke. Onto the topic of skirt fullness and pleating. The E.S.P. pattern has a skirt softly gathered at the waistline a ratio of 2:1 fullness. This means for every one inch of the waist measurement, there are two inches of skirt. Gathering the skirt at the waistline creates a certain amount of bulk depending on th
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