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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: Almost one year later and finally altered https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-one-year-later-and-finally-altered Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 14 May 2026 21:53:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php Mary on "Almost one year later and finally altered" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-one-year-later-and-finally-altered#post-1416923 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 02:40:21 +0000 Mary 1416923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I can't help with the pleats question, but I can relate to fashion procrastination. I will have a single button sit around for weeks before getting sewn back on! Firecracker (Sharan) on "Almost one year later and finally altered" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-one-year-later-and-finally-altered#post-1416900 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 01:30:12 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1416900@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Nice job! I like the new length. For pressing crisp creases in wool, I use a clapper--a smooth oblong block of wood. Hold it on the crease you've just pressed (with steam, on the wool setting), for a few moments, until the pressed fabric has dried. The wood absorbs the steam while holding the crease in place. Care on "Almost one year later and finally altered" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-one-year-later-and-finally-altered#post-1416836 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:53:43 +0000 Care 1416836@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks for the suggestions  Laura and retailgirl. I think I need to invest in a pressing cloth and try "pressing" vs ironing. I dropped it off at the dry cleaners and we'll see how they do with it. I do like the shorter length. It's a bit nostalgic for me because all the popular girls wore these in high school, when I found one at a thrift store, I couldn't resist.  retailgirl on "Almost one year later and finally altered" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-one-year-later-and-finally-altered#post-1416520 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:27:22 +0000 retailgirl 1416520@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Typing on the iPad makes for some strange spellings! retailgirl on "Almost one year later and finally altered" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-one-year-later-and-finally-altered#post-1416510 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:53:41 +0000 retailgirl 1416510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ To press pleats, put a terry cloth towel on your ironing board. ( under the skirt.) then move the skirt aroumnd and press each section. That will keep the parts of the skirt that you're not pressing, from slipping and pulling out what you've slready pressed. Use a dry, hot iron...as hot as the fabric will take...and you should be fine. A steamer will not work here, you need to press those creases in. unfrumped on "Almost one year later and finally altered" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-one-year-later-and-finally-altered#post-1416504 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:47:20 +0000 unfrumped 1416504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ i love pleats! It doesn't look very odd to me. The dark fabric is more forgiving of  pleat or wrinkle issues, and you've hemmed it to a nice length.   Laura (rhubarbgirl) on "Almost one year later and finally altered" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-one-year-later-and-finally-altered#post-1416345 Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:18:42 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1416345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Would a steamer work better than an iron? I've been eyeing a little handheld steamer on Amazon myself. Otherwise I'd say press, don't iron - arrange the pleat on the ironing board, put down the iron for a bit to get the wrinkles out and the hem flattened, then lift away from the fabric while you move it to get the next pleat. Don't move the iron on the surface of the fabric like you're ironing a shirt or some sheets. Anonymous on "Almost one year later and finally altered" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-one-year-later-and-finally-altered#post-1416302 Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:15:03 +0000 Anonymous 1416302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I avoid pleats like the plague, so no help from me on this one, except to say the shorter skirt length is a lot better. I hope you can get the problem fixed. Thistle on "Almost one year later and finally altered" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-one-year-later-and-finally-altered#post-1416292 Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:06:00 +0000 Thistle 1416292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Pleats have always eluded me! I was so glad when they changed our high school tennis uniform to one without pleats! And I haven't worn them since Care on "Almost one year later and finally altered" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-one-year-later-and-finally-altered#post-1416276 Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:44:09 +0000 Care 1416276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I finally got around to hemming <a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-uniform-and-controversial">this skirt</a> I bought last year. Those pleats are tricky! I spent a long time ironing them, but they still don't lay quite flat. I will take it to the dry cleaners next and see how they do with it. My last experience with the dry cleaners and pleats was not better than what I could do at home, so I don't have high hopes. But the skirt does need to be cleaned. Any hints for ironing pleats? Thanks for taking a look. Suggestions are always welcome.