Serger edging on chemise ruffles?

[gem]

Huzzah--I have RUFFLES!!!



They were hard won, but I am delighted with them. After seemingly endless trial and error, I finally convinced my serger to produce an acceptable rolled hem (if for some reason you are interested in that saga, it is detailed here.) I did a full mockup and decided that 3 times the length of the collar/cuff pieces produced the best fullness. When I actually sat down and played with the fabric, the "stacked box pleats" WERE actually really easy to figure out (basically, you fold an extra half pleat under each side as you go along)... but mine didn't make the nice loopy figure 8s that Lady K's did. They just looked like box pleats--very crisp Zs. So I did a single row of cartridge pleating instead, which gave me the results I was looking for!

Whew!

Now I can make the *rest* of the chemise! LOL

[Kate XXXXXX]

Hm...  I read through your report and the answers.  I can't understand it at all.  My Brother 1034 produces perfect rolled hems.

If you look in the instruction manual and START with the stitch width and tension settings in the book, you'll get close. but every combination of needle, thread, and fabric will need tweaking.  I usually find that on some fabrics I need to increase the cutting width a tad and tighten the needle thread.  On others just lengthening the stitch a teeny bit works...

[Orphena]

Very Pretty Gem!

The only ruffles I produce is the ribbon running through a channel type on my cuffs!

I love how crisp and finished your work always looks!