First try didn't work.

[llyrafantasyfae]

I am working on the underskirt of the Autumn dress. I have been looking for tips and dress diaries for Cartridge pleating. I had found an equation for how to figure out how long the  gathers should be.... Yea I had about 2 inches of pleats and only a 1/4th of the skirt left to  gather.... So I shortened them. Still have a ways to go to see if this will work. What is the average length of a gather that you folks use?
Finals are finished! We will see how well I did.......

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[llyrafantasyfae.livejournal.com]

Thanks for answering. I am officially on try number 3 of the perfect gather. I have the waist band split in two. So that the openings for skirt are at the same place as the bodice. Which opens at side back. I am also not pleating the front where the forepart is. So it make it interesting on spacing. But the equation I had for how deep to make them did not work. It figured out to 4 inch deep pleats.... Not so good.