Ruffler?

Sunny, I have actually worn out rufflers. Of course that was when my ex and I were square dancing an average of 5-7 times a week. (He was a square dance caller, one of the youngest in Arizona at the time.) Once you understand how they work they aren't so scary and are fairly straight forward to use, if you do any thing with gathers at all. They can be great for bed skirts and ruffled edges for a quilt too.

Pati, > I just found a ruffler attachment for the Pfaff -- which is going to

I like mine, too. I use it for ruffles on chair pads, window treatments and give it a major work-out on bedskirts. Very handy for any type of gathering project, but it really makes pleats of various sizes. Play around with the adjustments. When you find a few you like (2 to 1 or 4 to 1 or whatever- use a before and after ruffling measurement) then write down the numbers and adjustments you like.

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

My grandma's Singer treadle(circa 1920) has a ruffler, which she showed me how to use when I was a tot learning to sew. They are great, granted a specific tool for a specific job but what a time saver, Over the years I gathered several to fit machines that do not come with them regularly now. once you are proficient you can gather and attach the ruffled piece in one operation! They are quite an invention...Somewhere in my bookmarks I have a little tutorial on how to use it which is clearer than anything I have seen in print....I' Mauvice in central WI

I have one for my Featherweight, and I bought one for my Bernina! I love them. I keep meaning to put a ruffled edge onto a quilt, but I haven't gotten around to that yet -- maybe when I make a nap quilt for DGD when she goes to preschool. They're lots of fun to use! I used to use it for curtains and dust ruffles, but I haven't made any of those in a while.

My daughter picked me up a Johnson Ruffler sewing machine on Freecycle. I haven't had an opportunity to play with it.

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Linda PATCHogue, NY

I love my ruffler attachment.

I think the teeny pleats it makes look so much nicer than plain old gathers. Plus, you don't have to worry about the gathers being uneven across something - you know, clumps of gathers with spaces with few gathers in between....

While I don't use it a ton anymore it is useful for ruffles around pillows or other boutique items for guild. When I learned to make quillows we were taught to make a ruffle for around the pillow part and the ruffler came in handy for that too.

marcella

There's a machine just for ruffling ? Wow...One thing that I would love to have is a cover stitch machine and would definitely buy one if I sewed clothing again. I always thought I'd sew a lot more clothing once I bought a serger but I think that is when I got hooked on quilting !!! Mary