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You don’t like ruffles? You have to be kidding me, I am tomboy but I STILL love ruffles. I have no
idea why that is. If I was 15 years younger I would wear ruffled undies and nothing else around
my house but since 20 people per day knock on my door for some reason, I have to keep the
booty covered. There are only so many people that deserve to be THAT happy. My friends
and neighbours need to have a birthday or something before I provide that kind of love.
There are a number of ways of doing ruffles, and http://pinksuedeshoe.com/
it depends on
♠Lay
a length of ribbon
a)
If you have an overlocker / serger
slightly longer than the fabric
b)
What kind of effect are you going for?
inside the fold, and leave the
c)
If you have a ruffling foot
end poking out a little bit into
d)
If you are using premade ribbon, broderie
t h e
anglaise etc
path of
the machine where you
It’s a great idea to use at least DOUBLE the are going to make your
length of fabric that you would like your ruffle to straight stitch, pin in place
be, optional length is 2.5 times the length. This
gives it oomph and body, and not be a sad, un-
♠
Sew as you normal-
generous little ruffle. The more oomph, the more ly would leaving one short end open – the end
fabric you will need. Geddit?
the ribbon is not stitched in place
Method 1 Straight Stitch + Tube
Very neat enclosed edges, more like a ruffled
tube. Does NOT require overlocker / serger.
You will need one piece of fabric, 2.5 times the
Grabbing the end of the ribbon sticking
length of your finished ruffle but twice as wide +
♠
out of what is now a fabric tube, you will pull
an extra �½”.
gently until you pull the tube inside out. GENIUS!
So if you need a ruffle thats 20” long and 2” wide
♠
Snip off the ribbon and there is your tube
your fabric will be 50” x 4 �½”.
without grunting, swearing and poking the tube
Fold the fabric lengthways, right sides together, with a knitting needle. Fantabulosa.
and pin the raw edges.
Sew with straight stitch a seam ¼” from the edge,
down the long edge and one of the short edges
Here’s a great trick I learned from pinksuede-
shoe.com, buried in the bottom of this post
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Check this out from Sew Mama Sew http://sew- NOT backstitch at either end. We want it long
mamasew.com. It’s the same method.
and loose.
If you haven’t used the ribbon trick as above, use
a knitting needle or a chopstick to pull the tube
inside out, it’s a royal pain in the arse but it can be
done if you stitch one of the short sides together
and push with the pointy end against that.
Unpick the short edge, or cut it off, it won’t allow
the finished product to be pressed flat.
centre
seam
right side
of fabric
do not
secure stitches
at start &
end of sewing
long basting stich
1/8” either side of
centre seam
Roll your tube around so that the seam is in the
middle of the bottom of the fabric. Squash it flat Again with the stitching, 1/8” to the other side of
with your fingers. Now press it.
the middle seam line.
Please do not cross the lines, boys can tell you
what that means in public toilets, but what
it means here today is that your ruffle will not
scrunch properly, so don’t do it.
On one end tie a knot in the threads, for Just In
Set your machine’s stitches to the longest pos-
sible, also called Basting Stitch.
With the middle row of stitching facing up as Case the worst happens and you have to start
a guide, stitch one row 1/8” to one side of the stitching again.
middle seam line, leaving two long tails and DO On the other end start gently pushing the fabric
sew ruffle
in place
along the
centre seam
finished end
seams
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along the threads. Gently, for the love of god,
you don’t want them breaking. Thus necessitat-
ing another trip to the sewing machine. Keep
pushing until you have the ruffle your desired
length. Keep adjusting until it is evenly ruffled.
Do you want fat ruffles one end and lame ruffles
the other end? No?
Kate Bush/Stevie Nicks– style.
So when you have decided upon and imple-
mented your edge finishing you revert back to
method 1 or 2, as below.
Time for Straight Stitch
Set your machine’s stitches to the longest pos-
sible, also called Basting Stitch.
Method 2 – Zig zag stitch and tube
Do not be afraid Grasshopper, it is Easy Peasy
Stitch one row 1/8” to one side of the middle,
Lemon Squeezy.
leaving two long tails and DO NOT backstitch at
You do the same thing as method 2, except dur- either end. We want it long and loose.
ing the Magic sewing machine bit, instead of
sewing two parallel straight lines you do a spe- More stitching, ¼ inch away towards the other
edge.
cial trick, ready?
You lay a thread longer than the length of the
On one end tie a knot in the threads, for Just In
unscrunched ruffle along the middle line.
Case the worst happens and you have to start
Setting your machine to wide, long Zig Zag stitching again.
stitch you zig zag over that line, making sure it
is trapped within the zig and the zag, but not On the other end start gently pushing the fabric
stitched on and punctured, it needs to move along the threads. Keep pushing until you have
the ruffle your desired length. Keep adjusting
freely.
until it is evenly ruffled
On the other end start gently pushing the fabric
along the threads. Keep pushing until you have
Zig Zag
the ruffle your desired length. Keep adjusting
Lay a thread longer than the length of the un-
until it is evenly ruffled.
scrunched ruffle along the middle line.
Method 3 Straight or Zig Zag Stitch +
Setting your machine to Zig Zag stitch you zig
Flat Ruffle
zag over that line, making sure it is trapped with-
in the zig and the zag, but not stitched on and
For a ruffle of 20” long and 2” wide you will need
punctured, it needs to move freely.
a piece of fabric 50” x 2”.
On the other end start gently pushing the fabric
You can have 2 finishes here, either zig zag or
along the threads. Keep pushing until you have
serge around the edges of the ruffle so it won’t
the ruffle your desired length. Keep adjusting
unravel, either using coordinating or contrasting
until it is evenly ruffled.
thread for interest, or you can leave it unfinished,
and wash the finished garment in the machine
to make it go magically fluffy around the edges,
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Method 4 Straight or Zig Zag Stitch +
Flat Ruffle on the Overlocker/Serger
Its EXACTLY the same as Method 3 except you
overlock all the edges, a neater look than meth-
od 3.
Method 5 – Fancy Pants Ruffling or
Gathering Foot
I wasn’t overly fond of my gathering foot upon
first examination, but having now done a bunch
of ruffles I am a convert.
Do a tube or finished edge as described above,
your choice.
Set the stitch length to long and the tension on
your machine to tighter than usual.
Without tugging around too much with your
mitts, allow it to go through the machine at
quite a cracking pace, I found slower produced
less awesome ruffle, faster produced big fluffy
ruffle. Experiment with what works for you and
your machine.
Method 6 – Using premade ribbon or
trim
This is much easier because someone has al-
ready made the ruffle for you, you will still need
to ruffle and attach but that should be a breeze.
Using either your gathering foot or long basting
stitches using a regular foot, sew a line of stitch-
ing 1/8” from one long end of your ruffle and
gather and attach as before.
Alternatively you could sew along the very mid-
dle, but if you are using a narrow trim, along one
edge is preferable.
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