The foot you want is a ruffler. It's quite a bulky foot which has a part
that hooks over the needle clamp screw - this is the part that pushed the
fabric into pleats. Mine adjust to give no pleats, pleats every stitch,
every 6th stitch or every 12th stitch. You can also adjust the fullness of
each pleat. You can pleat a piece of fabric on to a piece that you don't
want pleated.
They are quite expensive, but if you make a lot of frills or ruffles, it's
worth it. You just buy one to fit your particular make and model of sewing
machine. I have a Husqvarna machine and there sell at least 3 rufflers, each
slightly different in dimensions, fitting a different groups of their
machines.
There's a full description with pictures on:
http://www.creativeneedlemag.com/articles/Footprints/footprints.html
or tinied: http://tinyurl.com/6frj8h
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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