I saw a curtain ruffle project on Pinterest and fell in love with them. I had some issues with sewing the pleats to ruffle them so I went seeking for help at my favorite craft store.
From this advice I found a really good sale on the sheer backing, that I bought right away, and experimented with some felt for awhile. I found ths I had to find a huge roll of felt and buy about 6 yards at a time to make it work and then cut that into four inch wide strips.
If you adjust the tension in the sewing machine and sew a basic hem up and down both sides it will ruffle itself on the second time and you can pull on the extra tension if you want it a little more extreme. The best part about using felt is that you don't have hem the sides. With one extremely long piece of felt (and a few new experiences you will hear about later) I was able to make 18 ruffles but I only used 12 (three for each panel)
If you have a dog make sure to trim the bottom or you will be re ruffling it later! It might look slightly nautical but I have enjoyed the pop of color the blue gives.
The ruffles are actually attached to the blue backing.
Tell me what you think!
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