You Can Teach A New Girl Old Terms

I learned a new term in sewing this week. I had bought a piece of lingerie and thought they where just ruffles but it is called ruching it’s a way of bunching fabric.To achieve this effect you  gather fabric in repeated  fashion to form pleats. It adds style to a piece. It is a very tedious technique that has been used throughout history.

 

Here is an example of beautiful ruching:

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For more one the subject, how to’s, and history.

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