Sewing: Ruffles

Making Ruffles: 2 Types of Fabric

When making my ruffles, I wasn't sure which type of fabric would be better out of the ones I already had. So I decided to use both and then evaluate them after I finished.

To make ruffles, all that i did was get 2 strips of fabric, one for each type which was a  white cotton [A non-stretch] and white spandex fabric [4-way stretch](Quindt, 8). For the cotton, I pinned down folds, each one being about an inch or so before I brought it to the sewing machine and sewed them in place. For the spandex, I used a thread to gather all of the material with a running stitch (Quindt, 11)[which I unfortunately do not have a picture for] and sewed the fabric into place.

The cotton ruffles were much more stiff then the spandex ruffles which were light and puffy. Over-all, the spandex fabric was much better for making ruffles.

"The Book of Cosplay Sewing" by Svetlana Quindt