What causes bubbles in pleating?
Bubbles occur in pleating for several reasons. A true ‘bubble’ happens now and again while pleating due to the nature of the weave, fiber content (polyester/cotton blend) and operator error (holding back one section of fabric (thumb too tight and causing drag on one section of the doweled fabric or pleating too fast) during the pleating process. Sometimes bubbles occur when your fabric strays while pleating from the empty notch on the pleater that used for your seam allowance. Sometimes we wind our fabric too tightly onto the dowel. If bubbling is too rampant throughout your pleating it’s best to try again by take out the pleating threads, place a wet cloth over the fabric and iron dry to get the fabric flat and try pleating a little slower. Some fabrics have a bit of a ’spring’ to it which caused the pleats to look as if they are ‘bubbling’ when they are not as you can see if you look at them. Don’t panic. This is easy to remedy during the blocking process by tightening the pleats and
