A small ruffle sewn on a neckline, the cuff of a sleeve, a bare back... What a pretty detail that I suggest you sew today with a tutorial that adapts to all your sewing patterns.

For our example, I started with my classic wrapover pattern to personalize, to which I added a ruffle at the neckline.

The measures

Measure where you want to sew your ruffle. Here, it is the front neckline and the back neckline of the wrapover. We get 46 cm + 13 cm, or 59 cm in length.

Multiply this length by 1.4 to get the length of the steering wheel, which is 82 cm. You can round up ;)

Cut two strips (one for each side of the wrap) 6 cm wide and 82 cm long. The ruffle will be 2 cm high when folded and sewn. Be sure to respect the straight grain and not to cut your strip on the bias.

The assembly

A gathering thread is sewn in a contrasting color, without backstitching at the beginning and end, with minimum thread tension and maximum straight stitch length.

With the dress fabric right side out, position the side of the ruffle that is closed at the neckline in the middle of the back. Be sure to leave 1 cm of space with the middle of the back, this will then allow you to place the invisible zip.

Sew the ruffle to the neckline 1 cm from the edge, between the gathering threads. Once the sewing is done, remove the gathering threads using a seam ripper.

Understitch the seam, lining or facing side, making sure to take into the seam all the seam allowances positioned underneath.