Rows of ruffles?

Hi, Jo!

It looks like the maker cut the jeans off in three places (the two lower pieces maybe 1 1/2 inches wide), put the ruffles (a bit wider than the cut pieces to cover the denim)on the bottom of each section, then reattached them to the pants:

| | pant leg ^^^^^ ruffle | | pant section ^^^^^ ruffle | | pant section ^^^^^ bottom ruffle.

At least that what it looks like. Make the ruffles very full for that frou-frou look.

-- Beth P (In Las Vegas, but missing Georgia)

I was looking very closely at those pictures because I'd like to make a pair of those for some little Missy. If you look up the leg in one picture the bottom ruffle is solid to the pant seam ( I enhanced those pictures to get a really good look) so.......if I can explain this properly.....

She has made 3 ruffles, each about 1/3 lesser than the last... \/\/\/ \/\/ ^ top print ruffle \/ ^middle red ruffle ^bottom green ruffle

..the ruffles are made with a strip of fabric about twice the length needed to go around her little pant leg and double as wide as you want the ruffle plus seam allowance. Seam each strip on the ends so you have a circle and then fold raw edges together with the seam on the inside. I wouldn't iron the ruffle after you fold long, raw edges together, that's what makes these look "fluffy" Put each three strips together in layers, largest on bottom, then next largest and then smallest with all raw edges layered together. Run gather stitches around the top of this sort of little dirndl skirt type triple ruffle thing. Slip over the pant leg, smallest ruffled layer to the right side (outside) of pants, Raw edges of ruffles to cut edge of jeans, pin and adjust the ruffles as you gather so they are evenly distributed. Stitch around the pant leg attaching this little "3 layer ruffled skirt". In the pictures this seam was serged Now pull the ruffles down and the seam should point raw or serged edges turning up on the inside of the pant leg facing up towards the top of the pants. Press and top stitch just above the ruffle seam around the right side of the little jeans about 1/4 inch above joining seam. It looks as though the little jeans were cut off at about just below knee level before attaching this. At first I too, thought that it had been done in three sections until I zoomed into the details on a few of those pictures where you could see up the pant leg when she was sitting down. Actually this would be a really easy thing to do. I hope I explained this clearly, would be so much easier if I could draw some pictures for visual aids.

Those little pants and matching top are just adorable, what a great way to use up some of those bits and pieces in the stash.......I need to go find a little girl so I can make some of those cute britches!!

Val

"Jolynne" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Val,

Thank you SO much. Yes, your description was extremely helpful! I'm fairly certain I understand, but if not, I'll work with it until I figure it out. ;-)

And Joanne wrote:

Sure, rub it in! *sob* ;-)

Thanks for the help, ladies! Jolynne

Not denim! The rufflers are for light weight fabric.

Very true! But the weight of triple ruffles done in denim would have the shorts down around her ankles!

I have a ruffler foot for my machine, and it's never worked! I've tried it with vertical cuts and horizontal cuts. Any ideas?

-- Star love, Norma ;-)

Pick up an old copy of Singer Sewing by Pickens in a used bookstore. She tells how to use each of the attachments. It's well worth the few dollars. Then be sure to read her advice about getting ready to sew. It's an absolute hoot - unless you're in a time warp and think it's 1946....

You really need, or atleast I did, the ruffler instruction booklet for your attachment. I never could get mine to work and finally went through the booklet page by page, paragraph by paragraph, working step by step with the pictures. Up until I did that I'd only glanced through. By golly I got that attachment working and I was a Rufflin' Goddess! I made a friend's daughter a triple tiered bed spread and canopy cover and Pricilla curtains all triple ruffled tiers of pastel gingham for the first project. It was really fun!

Val

Thanks Joanne, I'll look for it.

I found ruffler instructions by doing a ggogle search and printed them off for free. I discovered I needed to put a rubber cover on to the needle screw, I was having to stop every 12 'pleats' to retighten up the needle. Now the rubber 'thingy' stays there all the time. Making ruffles this way is grrrrrreat fun. Liz

Star love, Norma ;-)