For my latest ruff, I folded the fabric in half, lengthwise, pleated it, and
sewed the raw edge by machine to hold the pleats. I then stitched the neck
band on, sewing the inside edge first, then hand tacking the outside edge so
it looks hand stitched. I tend not to use lace, as it would have b
I saw the partlet. It's fabulous.
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Neck Ruff
>How do you construct the neck ruff so that
How do you construct the neck ruff so that the hem,
etc is hidden?
If you don't want a visible hem at the outside edge, don't make a hem
there. Use doubled material, folded over any stiffening you think you
need, with the fold at the outside edge. That way there's no hem to have
to hide.
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Neck Ruff
> REBECCA BURCH wrote:
>
> >How do you construct the neck ruff so that the [ma
You do the hem by hand. Or if you're putting lace on the edge, use a narrow
tiny zig zag that will not show unless someone has a magnifying glass. You can
even overcast a plain edge with a narrow tiny zig zag and that will look
like a rolled hem.
As for horse hairstarch the ruff instead
Unfortunately, that's the wrong style of ruff. The
costumer at Faire said to gather a strip of fabric
into the neck band. The doublet collar holds it
upright and supposedly the horsehair forms the figure
8's without tacking.
If I could do this by hand it would be okay, but I am
having trouble
REBECCA BURCH wrote:
How do you construct the neck ruff so that the [machined] hem,
etc is hidden?
I just don't do them by machine. Also, If I get some linen with a nice
looking selvedge, I usually cut all of it off to a depth of 2-3 inches
and save that for ruffs so that I don't have to hem
A local costumer here abouts used to teach a ruff making class that
when he was done you were hitting your forehead thinking, now why
didn't I think of that!?!
He used twill tape, upolstry twill tape. It holds its shape and it
comes in very very very bright white or a slight beige. It comes in
var
