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If they are too tight, the pleats will pull and it wont look as easy going

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And I finally decided to refashion the lace blouse, cut off the peplum and gather the bottom of the blouse into a cotton Valenciennes belt like here or here or here

The extra bulk of the traditionally sized cuff just looked off and unbalanced on an otherwise very slim silhouette

( This pattern, you may notice, is quite similar to Butterick 6835 the only difference is that the bodice of Butterick 7172 has gathers rather than tucks, and the skirt is gathered as opposed to circular.) Now that I think of it, I did make one other change to the bodice by adding a button closure down the middle