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Gathering Foot Quick Start Guide (continued)
Finish serging the rest of the garment.
To maximize fullness, strips were cut and shirred together one at a time .
Adding a ruffle at the armhole replaces the need for facings on a sleeveless
garment .
(Jumbo Rick
Rack was sandwiched in between fabrics before seaming to
create decoration on bodice.)
Shirring Curtain Ruffles
Curtain ruffles should be made in a similar fashion as above skirt application .
Edge
the strip to be ruffled, then shirr the ruffle to curtains, trim excess
ruffle length and finish.
Pillows or other Closed Ruffle Projects
Sometimes as with a pillow, edges of a ruffle will be joined (closed) before
construction .
Traditional Ruffle:
Test
your fabric, determine the ratio and cut your fabric strip to the
appropriate length to go around the project .
Join
the ends of your strip to be ruffled . Serger gather the strip making
sure to leave 2- 3" of serger chain at the beginning and at the end f
gathering . Mark your ruffle in 1/4ths. Mark your project in 1/4.;hs. Match
the markings and ease the ruffle into each 114th. Sew or serge the ruffle to
the project.
Fast Ruffle Applications:
Consi
der gathering the ruffle strip first and then fitting it to the pillow .
See step by step instructions at left. Cut your strip to be gathered 6" to 8"
longer than you will need to go around the pillow. Create your ruffle by
gathering it on the serger.
Secure one end
of the ruffle in the seam line of your project, leaving 3-4" free.
Fit
the remainder of the ruffle to the edge of your project securing as need-
ed.
When you get to the first end of your strip, overlap the two ends at least
1-
2" bending the ends into the cutting line so that the ends are not joined,
but rather are decoratively overlapped. Sew or serge the ruffle in place.
For
the pillow finish illustrasted below , 8 strips were cut, each strip was first
edged with a rolled hem and then trimmed to a curve at each end.
Gathering the strips down the entire raw edge creates lovely ruffles .
The
ruffles can then be placed on the pillow front and serged.
This pillow was designed to be
serger
finished and demonstrates
a
beautiful way to adapt to using
the serger to gather ruffles easily.
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