More Sewing Tricks
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Here's another sewing trick. I'm not sure how simple or cost-effective it is, but it might help someone. I'm making an Isabella costume from the manga "Paradise Kiss". And I had this great lavender suit jacket, but the sleeves are just a little short. So I thought I'd sew some ruffle to the inside of the sleeves, which would make the sleeves seem longer and more elegant.
Unfortunately I couldn't find any ruffle at Joanne's that I liked. It was either too short, or covered with little holes and designs, or both. What I ended up doing was buying some bridal bouquet holders. They're little plastic funnels that are supposed to hold bridal flower bouquets, and they come with a good 2 inches of satin or tulle ruffle. The ruffle is sewn to the plastic funnel and I don't know how to fold and sew ruffle myself, but I just did a simple handstitch through the ruffle to hold it together and then removed the thread that held it to the plastic. It was really simple (although a little time-consuming), and the ruffle looks great attached to the jacket sleeves! I imagine it would look just as good on dress sleeves, on socks or on slips or any number of other projects!
Here's another sewing trick. I'm not sure how simple or cost-effective it is, but it might help someone. I'm making an Isabella costume from the manga "Paradise Kiss". And I had this great lavender suit jacket, but the sleeves are just a little short. So I thought I'd sew some ruffle to the inside of the sleeves, which would make the sleeves seem longer and more elegant.
Unfortunately I couldn't find any ruffle at Joanne's that I liked. It was either too short, or covered with little holes and designs, or both. What I ended up doing was buying some bridal bouquet holders. They're little plastic funnels that are supposed to hold bridal flower bouquets, and they come with a good 2 inches of satin or tulle ruffle. The ruffle is sewn to the plastic funnel and I don't know how to fold and sew ruffle myself, but I just did a simple handstitch through the ruffle to hold it together and then removed the thread that held it to the plastic. It was really simple (although a little time-consuming), and the ruffle looks great attached to the jacket sleeves! I imagine it would look just as good on dress sleeves, on socks or on slips or any number of other projects!
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Date: 2003-06-17 05:57 am (UTC)Ruffles are actually really easy to make. Cut out a strip of fabric as wide as you want your ruffle to be, sew a row of long stitches by hand or by machine, then tug on the ends of the threads to make the fabric gather, smooth it a bit, voila, ruffles.
And lastly... which Isabella outfit are you doing? :D I've been corrupted, recently Joe got me hooked on Paradise Kiss...