How Do You Make A Silk Pleated Evening Bag?
• Make up your pattern (part 1). Start with an A3 (42cm x 30cm) sized piece of paper, and fold it in half by bringing the short sides together. When making a symmetrical pattern, it’s best to draw half of the pattern, fold the paper in half then cut it out. Take the crease line as the starting point, and draw the two blue coloured lines as in the photo. • Measure 22 cm up from the bottom of the paper and draw a right angle line from crease line to end of paper. Along the line you have just made, mark point at 17 cm. At the 17 cm mark, measure 95 degrees and mark the vertical line as seen in photo. • Make up your pattern (part 2). Draw the black coloured lines as shown in photo. Draw a free hand curve at the bottom right side of the paper. Draw a triangle (for the dart) at the fullest part of the curve (the triangle in this tutorial is 55 degrees, and the sides are 3.5cm long). Ensure that when you fold this dart triangle in half, there is paper hanging off. Check by physically bringing
