Kimiko Small wrote:
That's an interesting low-tech way to pleat things. Thanks for sharing
that. I will see if I can find appropriate matches (I don't think
matchbook types would work.)
Matches might be too small. When I made my Danish day dress (which has
a tulle cap with a ruffle pleated this way), I made a long frame sorta
like a picture frame and cut a bunch of 1/4" wood dowels. I wanted to
use straws, but they weren't sturdy enough. then with the tulle wet I
anchored one end to the frame and wound it over a stick on top of the
frame, then under a stick beneath the frame, then over a stick on top of
the frame... until the length of the ruffle was all wound in and then I
let it dry. After it's dry and you take it off the dowels, you can
gather it in a little tighter (assuming you ran a gather thread before
you started pleating) to fit along the edge you need. Apparently this
was the method used at least in the 1860s for ruffling.
-Judy Mitchell
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