Iy msy be on a band or attached directly to the neckline of a high necked shirt/tunic thingy.
The fabric does need to be very stiff to stand out like that. Ironing before stitching can create those knife-sharp creases. Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine > Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:01:44 -0700 > From: kay...@gmail.com > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Need Ruff Making Advice > > > My son and I are making an anime costume > > http://www.geocities.com/eyesofaclown/images/Perriot.JPG . Does anyone > > have advice on how to attach the ruffles to the band. > > > The one in your image looks similar to cartridge pleating. To stiffen it, > start with something already a little stiff and double it over. Two layers > are stiffer than one is, and the folded outer edge takes care of any hem > issues. For a costume ruff you might even use one thickness of stiff > non-woven interfacing. I like to use several yards of the selvedge of > something for my ruffs - not exactly correct, but neater at the outside edge > than any hem I can do. > > -- > Carolyn Kayta Barrows > -- > “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William > Gibson > -- > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
