Making this DIY Pleater for miniature dollhouse drapes!
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- If you are a crafter of any type, I don't need to tell you how expensive it can be! Between materials and tool, you can spend a small fortune. I am all about saving money, when ever I can, so when I saw what store bought pleater cost, I figured I could make one myself for a lot less money! So here you go!
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Thank you so much for watching!!!💚
WELL! You have solved THAT problem for me...........I have been looking for an affordable solution for pleating fabric. Now I will not have to sell my first born and my soul to get draperies in my drawingroom. To use a term I have heard my young'uns use - YOU ROCK! Thank you....this along with some of the other creative things you have demonstrated will certainly be useful for my project.
Why thank you George! Hobbies of any kind are expensive so finding a more affordable solution is ALWAYS my goal! 😂
Thank you. I just made this by following your tutorial.
Awesome! Thank you for watching!
Thank you Penny for sharing your experiences, like you I was shocked at the price of these pleaters. Our hobby/craft should not be a financial strain! For me the fun is in adapting, improvising and modifying what we already have.
I could not agree more! Hobbies are expensive so I’m always looking for a ways to save money on tools and supplies. If I can make it over buying it, all the better. Especially when it comes to things that are outrageously overpriced!
Fabulous! Thanks, Kathleen
I’m glad you like it!
Thank you, thank you Penny. I was searching for one just an hour ago and found one which is made in Australia. Hooray I thought, something is actually made in my country for a change. But I bombed out as they had sold out. I then researched online and saw diy pleaters. I saw one that used skinny sticks but didn’t know what they were. I thought maybe some bamboo skewers might work. Hmm I will keep looking on TH-cam and then I saw your tutorial. Another hooray, Penny has done a trial. I don’t have to spend a day trying to see if it would work. Penny I must say you are a marvellous teacher with a very calming voice. So now this old gal can save this for future use. Thank you for sharing. Cheers Robyn 😊❤
Thank you so much Robyn. I appreciate your comment so much! 💚
Fantastic idea. Thanks
Thank you! What an awesome tool!
Thanks Neta!
I made my own as well, plastic corrugated sheet and bamboo skewers which fit perfectly into the holes from the corrugating. Cost under two dollars, I too looked on line. LOL
What a great idea! I wish I’d thought of that! 😂
You are a wonderful instructor
Thank you Judy! I appreciate the feedback. 😁
Awesome tutorial, I will go make one of these pleaters .. Thanks so much for sharing this.
You’re very welcome! FYI, I found the one with the stir stick and the skewers worked better than the one using just the skewers. 💚
Brilliant!!
Love your tutorials . Thank you !!!
Thank you for you kind comment!
Brilliant, thankyou... I love how the lace turned out, it looks so natural. I've been looking for a pleater too....off to make 1 right now❤
I’m glad you like it! It works pretty well I think!
What a fantastic tutorial Penny, I had to pick my jaw up off the floor when you said the price of the pleater, I think what you’ve created is great, it’s going to help so many miniaturists out, and the fabric with the spray starch definitely looks better, tfs x Julie 🇬🇧
Thank you Julie! I was shocked at the price too! Hobbies of any kind are already so expensive. I couldn’t imagine spending that kind of money on something so basic. I’m just too cheap! 😂
Thank you for this tutorial! Great tips!!❤
You are so welcome!
This is great Thankyou for sharing😊
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching!💚
Fantastic!
Thank you!
Fabulous tutorial saving for future ❤
Awesome! I hope it works well for you!
You are a miniature life-saver! I just didn't want to spend the money on something I could work around not having. Now I don't have to! This will be so helpful for my castle diorama, thank you so much.
You are very welcome! I made all the curtains for my Homestead house and over all, the second side worked the best!
Great minds think a like. I was looking at those pleaters a couple years ago, and came across the same thing. SOOOO expensive. I decided when the time comes I need it, I will make my own. Exactly the same way you did, except I didn't think of the foam board, and I was going to use a spray sealant. Didn't even think of mod podge.. heh I also didn't think of stir sticks. I was going to get various sizes of dowels from Lowe's and cut them down. Yours is better because I already have a big box of stir sticks. Ok, so I guess not "exactly" the same way you did, but pretty dang close.. haha Great video.
Thank you! I just used what I had on hand but there are lots of things that would probably work. I like the idea of the spray sealant! ❤️
Great idea! Thank you! I would probably only use natural fabrics like coton, silk and thin wool. Artificial fibres are notoriously bad at holding shape!
I totally agree, however my current project needed to have lace curtains. I am sold on any future ones being cotton!
There are a couple of items I'd like to have for miniature building but I just cannot justify spending the kind of money being asked. It's insane! I remember my great grandma having some sort of pleat maker when i was a kid in the early '70's, so the pleater was probably made in the '40's or '50's. It was metal and looked like a tiny washboard with these hard plastic sticks attached to a hinged arm at the top. I remember asking if i could play with the tiny washboard like i played with her button box , but that "toy" she said no. I think it's use was to starch the pleats at the waistband when making a pleated skirt. I was way too young to really understand what it did, and i hadn't thought about that since this post. I have seen a few vintage sewing notions that would have made some of my sewing and quilting projects so much easier, but the asking price was just ridiculous! 17:56
Hi Kelly! You’re right, the cost of some of these things is outrageous! I have been a crafter my whole life so I understand that our hobbies are expensive but honestly, my jaw hit the floor when I saw how much that pleater was. (I also used to do a fair bit of quilting but material runs about $25 to $30/ yard here and I could not justify the cost anymore.) Thank you for always leaving such nice comments, I appreciate it so much! 🤗
@@littlebylittledollhouseminis how can a company, in good conscience, ask customers to pay that kind of money for fabric! $25-$35 is the price we would pay for upholstery fabric or drapery material! 🤯 I'm really glad that you're the thrifty creator and artist you are. I like your content and I appreciate how hard you work to make items affordable and give alternative ways to create a piece when you can.
It’s highway robbery for sure. There are a lot of quilters, if they live close enough to the border, who will make a couple trips a year to the USA to shop. Even with the conversion, it is half the price!
Use a credit card to get the fabric pushed down.
Great tip!