Smocking Pleaters
supplied by House of Smocking
contact Chris Slade e:
chris@smocking.co.uk
| The Smocking Pleater
gathers the fabric into perfect pleats in preparation for smocking. The Pleater Feeder acts as a thread dispenser with 24 spindles holding
bobbins for each needle. The Amanda
Jane has 24 needles space 1cm apart and with the facility for 23
half cm spaced rows. It is similar to the Super Amanda (pictured right),
having black side brackets (in place of the Super Amanda's red brackets).
The Super Amanda is the same length as the
Amanda Jane but has half cm spacing for the full length of the pleater,
offering 47 half cm rows including 47 needles. It is ideal for
pleating material which does not hold a pleat successfully when needles are
spaced 1cm apart such as fabric with a high wool content. |
The Super Amanda
Smocking Pleater |
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Read Pleaters
|
Read 16 row
has 16 needles spaced 1cm apart with 0.5cm spacing facility for 10
rows |
Read 24 row Regular
has
24 needles spaced 1cm apart with 0.5cm spacing for half the length
of the rollers |
Read Maxi 24 row
has
24 needles spaced 1cm apart with 0.5cm spacing for the full length
of the rollers (47 needles) |
32 Row Read
is
the only 32 row pleater with needles spaced 1cm apart and the
facility for 0.5cm spacing for half the length of the rollers |
The two 24 row Read Pleaters
supplied by House of Smocking have only one handle on the right to leave one
hand free for guiding on the left
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This Pleater Feeder integrates with the Sally Stanley,
Amanda-Jane and Super Amanda Pleaters (shown above with the Sally Stanley
Pleater). An adapter lid is available to allow it to be used with the
16 row Read Pleater
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How to operate
the Smocking Pleater
- Thread required number of needles with strong thread
- Cut off selvage edge before rolling fabric onto a rod
- Feed fabric between back two rollers from the rod and turn
handle to roll the fabric through to the front of the pleater
- Ease fabric off the needles and onto the threads as it feeds
through the rollers
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The Pleater Feeder
The Pleater Feeder (a House of
Smocking design) can be attached to the base of the pleater and acts as
a thread dispenser, making it possible to thread the needles directly from bobbins.
The Pleater Feeder |
Advantages
- No need to pre-cut threads
- Several lengths of fabric can be thread at a time
- Ideal for circular yokes, where thread length increases with
each successive row. No calculations required, simply thread needles, pleat, fan out
the pleats to 'bishop' shape and cut threads to exact lengths required.
- No wasted threads
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There are separate Pleater Feeders
available to integrate perfectly with the Sally
Stanley and Amanda-Jane smocking Pleaters. Bobbins are not included and can be ordered
separately.
Magnetic Pleating Rod (35 cm long)
The magnetic rod is used to assist with feeding fabric into the
Pleater
rollers. It is split lengthways into 2 halves. The fabric edge is placed on the bottom
half of the rod, then the other half is placed on top. The magnet holds the 2 halves
together and the fabric is kept in place firmly and straight on the rod.
Pleater Prices
Please note
Postage
charges shown are for UK customers - extra for elsewhere, to be advised on
receipt of order.
|
Price |
p&p (UK) |
| Amanda Jane |
£225.00 |
£9.00 |
| Super Amanda |
£260.00 |
£9.00 |
| 16 row
Read |
£120.00 |
£6.00 |
| Read
Regular |
£200.00 |
£9.00 |
| Read Maxi
|
£220.00 |
£9.00 |
| 32 row Read |
£250.00 |
£9.00 |
| Pleater Feeder
(Sally Stanley, Amanda Jane & Super Amanda) |
£39.00 |
£5.00 |
Special Combined Price
Amanda Jane + Pleater Feeder
Super Amanda + Pleater Feeder
|
£260.00
£295.00
|
£9.50
£9.50
|
| Magnetic Pleating Rod |
£14.00 |
£1.00 |
| Replacement Pleater Needles |
|
|
- specify make of
Pleater |
|
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individual needles
- |
£0.60 |
£1.00 |
pack of 24 -
|
£11.50 |
£1.00 |
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carbon steel needles are available which fit the Sally Stanley and
Amanda-Jane Pleaters. They are stronger than the standard stainless steel
needles |
£11.50 per pack of 24 |
£1.00 |
|
32 row Read Pleater Needles pack of 12 .. |
£8.90 |
£1.00 |
|
16 row Read Pleater Needles pack of 12 |
£8.90 |
£1.00 |
| accessories for Pleater Feeder |
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Pleater
Feeder Adapter
Lid for the 16 row
Read |
£7.00 |
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|
Pleater Feeder Adapter
Lid for larger
Pleaters |
£18.00 |
|
| metal bobbins pack of 5 |
£2.00 |
|
| hand quilting thread 500m
(in gold or white) |
£4.60 |
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| needles for smocking |
|
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| number 7 embroidery crewels (pack
of 16) |
£1.15 |
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