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Post by cosmoblue on Dec 26, 2007 13:36:21 GMT -5
What would be the proper period finishing technique for the edge/hem of a sheer for a ruffle. In modern times I would just merrow the edge on my overlock machine.
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Post by dawnluckham on Dec 26, 2007 14:27:28 GMT -5
A Hand rolled hem
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Post by cosmoblue on Dec 26, 2007 18:05:37 GMT -5
Do think that that would be fine enough? I wouldn't want my ruffle to have a bulky edge. |
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Post by dawnluckham on Dec 27, 2007 14:24:45 GMT -5
It's how they finished them in period.
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Post by Mrs. Goblin on Jan 1, 2008 13:15:56 GMT -5
Or, depending on the fabric, ruffles may have been simply "pinked" which you can do with pinking shears (which cut with a zigzag, and is a slight cheat) or pinking irons which punch out the edge, generally in a scallop shape. www.marquise.de/en/1700/howto/auszaecken.shtmlWhat Goblin and I do for shirt ruffles and other dainty delicates (particularly cotton and linen without a print or pattern) is cut the ruffle piece as a strip off the selvedge (this only works with a neat selvedge edge, of course) and use the selvedge side as the "raw" edge of the ruffle. It is much less bulky and looks much more like period pictures than a rolled hem. |
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Post by cosmoblue on Jan 1, 2008 13:58:33 GMT -5
Or, depending on the fabric, ruffles may have been simply "pinked" which you can do with pinking shears (which cut with a zigzag, and is a slight cheat) or pinking irons which punch out the edge, generally in a scallop shape. www.marquise.de/en/1700/howto/auszaecken.shtmlWhat Goblin and I do for shirt ruffles and other dainty delicates (particularly cotton and linen without a print or pattern) is cut the ruffle piece as a strip off the selvedge (this only works with a neat selvedge edge, of course) and use the selvedge side as the "raw" edge of the ruffle. It is much less bulky and looks much more like period pictures than a rolled hem. Very good suggestions Christy, thanks. I am deciding whether I am going to make my ruffle a gauze or a super sheer muslin so I want it to be very delicate and light. |
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Post by Mrs. Goblin on Jan 1, 2008 17:08:36 GMT -5
Part of the problem is that the fabric available to us today is not exactly like the fabric available in period. And the terminology has shifted. And names for things are different in america and britain, for extra confusion. (Ask me about the great muslin/calico debacle, sometime.) There's rarely going to be one right answer for how to turn the materials we have into an article of clothing that makes us look like portraits. We can do what they did, but unless we really spend the time to research, or let's face it, the money to buy strict repro (on vintage machines, etc...) fabric and notions, there's usually going to be some compromise. (*cough* machine sewing *cough*) So, what you do with your ruffles will depend on your fabric, too.
Not to belabor the point or anything. ;D
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Post by cosmoblue on Jan 1, 2008 18:05:10 GMT -5
(*cough* machine sewing *cough*)  LOL |
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