Rufflers

Today I want to focus on one of my favourite little sewing gadgets - a ruffler attachement for sewing machines. I know, at first I thought this sounded rather scary too, ruffles remind me of those rather uncharming ruffled edge pillows or other such frightening things (of course some people quite like ruffled edge pillows but I am not one of them).

But actually, rufflers are quite cool. Let me say that again so you know that wasn't some spelling mistake - rufflers are quite cool!! Especially when you're sewing little girls clothing. It's that much easier to make twirly skirts, ruffled pants and so much more!! And let's face it - twirly skirts in particular are VERY cool if you're a girl between 2-6 years of age.
So this is what one looks like...looks complicated but really isn't.

And this is what you can do with a fancy piece of machinery like this:


Your local sewing shop should have rufflers for your brand of sewing machine. If you can't find one or the prices are beyond funny, contact us and we'll see if we can get hold of any for you.
Or you can make simple ruffles on your sewing machine...and without a ruffler...but that's for another post.

Retro Rascals Back In Stock

\This is one of my favourite fabrics. Reminds me of yesterdays and little boys and all sorts of nice things. And now it's back in stock along with a whole bunch of other new prints!!

Amy Butler Fabric Ideas

photos courtesy of Amy Butler

Yummy Dresses

I wanted to post some photos of how great our fabrics look for little girl's dresses. Really simple to make and sooo effective.

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More Fabric Ideas....................

Just some more ideas...using Modern Bud Camel and the green version of leaf dots (we still have the blue and the fuchsia left)

Fun!!