Ok...I dug around in the sewing room and actually found the Ruffler attachment thing....had it probably a decade and never used it, lol. But.....I spent a couple hours playing and I think I got it down. BUT....I can't figure out how to calculate which of the settings to use to make the pieces of the skirt fit together
I've got Simplicity Pattern 4106...originally bought it for the blouse, but it's the skirt that I'm trying to do. Pattern pieces are simply 6 rectangles of various length, all just over 5" wide. But, the instructions don't talk about using a Ruffler of course....they tell you to do the basting stitch and pull it up to gather. But I hate that method, it's always such a pain in the butt to get the gathers evenly spread. The Ruffler is so perfectly even spaced. But do I set it on 1, 6 or 12 to get it to ruffle so that tier one fits tier two which fits tier three all the way down to tier 6?
So, does anyone use a Ruffler and care to give me a crash course in using it? Pretty please? We leave next week for a short business trip and the girls begged and I gave in, and this skirt is fish fabric and a coordinate they picked out for our trip to the Aquarium. Cute cute cute, if I can just figure out how to Ruffle.
Thank you!
Jan