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From: seamstress16
Date: 07-25-2005, 09:19 AM (1 of 2)
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I am making a sample pillow for this lady with a baby business that wants me to sew for her. I sent the first one and apparently she found it so terrible that she wrote in her reply e-mail about it " It's obvious you just aren't particular about your work". Which couldn't be further from the truth. And by the way, the pillow was fine! She's just an unreasonable perfectionist. Half of her problems were on the interior of the pillow slipcover anyway! But, the old hag pays extremely well, so I am going to put up with her for a while. I need to redo my sample but I need a couple of tips: 1) Any helpful information about sewing in piping? 2) How do I figure out how long a strip of fabric I need to make a ruffle around a 14"x14" pillow? Help me please. Thanks! -Danielle |
User: seamstress16
Member since: 01-29-2005 Total posts: 88 |
From: paroper
Date: 07-25-2005, 09:38 AM (2 of 2)
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A pillow ruffle is generally between 2 1/2 to 3 times the width of the project to which it attaches. The length of the ruffle is dependent not only on the amount of body you want in your ruffle but also on the weight of the fabric. Lighter weight fabrics need more yardage. The other factor is the length of the ruffle. The shorter the ruffle, the less you will need, the longer, the more. You can put in as much as 4 times the width but that is very seldom used and the result even in cotton can be a very stiff ruffle. If your ruffle is cut on the bias it will be easier to apply and it will also be prettier. All cording cover should be bias cut. It conforms better to the pillow and gives a smoother appearance, esp at the corners. It also wears better. I bias cut my strips and fold the cording into the strips and baste the stips shut before I apply my cording to the pillow. Depending upon the width of my cording, I either use a cording foot or a zipper foot to baste the cord to the pillow at the 1/2 inch seam line. When I sew the cording in, I sew at the 5/8 in allowance so that the cord is tight in the pillow. After my cord is applied, I then bast the ruffle on top and then I sew the pillow sewing on top of the 5/8 inch seam established by the piping seam. pam
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Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
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