Also, I don't have
ruffler foot for my machine, so I would have to sew by hand....
The skirt was about 3.5 - 4 yards of it, stitched on my
tightest ruffler setting, but I like a VERY full skirt.
Judith Curry, a climate scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology who is an author on the papers (and a
feather ruffler through her blog) sent this observation:
If feathers got ruffled, don't blame
the ruffler: if a question makes you uncomfortable, that suggests to me it's a question that very much needs to be asked.
I then measured out 4 meters of the outer and underlay fabric, basted them together, and put
my ruffler to work.
I finally (FINALLY) invested in
a ruffler foot (Bernina Ruffler # 86), which is hands down one of my most favorite sewing tools to date.
My ruffler on the tightest setting (# 1, i.e. pleats with every stitch), with a stitch length of 2.5, brings my skirt length to a perfect 28 ″.
My ruffler (Bernina Ruffler Foot # 86) is one of the best sewing machine accessories I ever invested in — particularly as I make a lot of full skirted garments and it saves me the headache of doing it by hand (which is never perfectly even.
Here's a quick video of
my ruffler foot in action:
I highly recommend you use
a ruffler to make the ruffle.
It features a textured single breasted jacket with small silk ribbon detail individually attached making an illusion of
a ruffl...
I could also use fabric scraps to make my own ruffles, but I'm rather annoyed with
my ruffler foot these days and I'm afraid I might need to replace it.