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And there you are! An evenly-gathered skirt/ruffle/cuff. This technique works great for straight seams as well as circular pieces. Just fold the flat pieces in half, and place a pin at the center of each. Join the pins, and then gather in sections between the pins.

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    Oct 10, 2009, 01.22 PMby reliablechef

    I am going to try this out today! Thanks for the insight.

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    Aug 18, 2009, 10.10 PMby mypuddlejumper

    This is really helpful.
    Thankyou so much!
    up until now i’ve been making tiny pleats because I didn’t know how to gather properly.

    :)

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