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Posted by Viviane on May 6, 2006, 7:41 am
Thanks Kate - as always your website is sooooo informative. I could spend
days reading all the stuff you have there.
> Viviane wrote:
>
>> What is ruffler or walking foot? Can I get one for my basic Janome? It
>> sounds as though this could be useful to make the tiered skirt - I don't
>> have a serger.
>
> They are two different things! :) The ruffler a special foot that puts a
> tuck in the fabric as you sew it. You can see mine at work on the What
> The Dickens project on my web site: scroll down to Day 10 (a long way -
> there are LOADS of pix on this project!) and you can see it both at work
> on the machine, and the effect it has. You can only use it on light
> weight fabrics.
>
> The walking or even feed foot is another big clunky one that gives you
> feed dogs on top of the fabric as well as under it, and helps the fabric
> layers move through without the foot squooshing the top layers out of
> place. It's great for anything with pile (like velvet and polar fleece),
> keeping checks lined up on suits, and other stuff: on straight line
> quilting it helps to stop layer creep and tucks and distortions. :)
>
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> Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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