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Ruffled Flower Rosette Tutorial

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Hello! This month has just slipped right through my fingers! I can't believe we are almost in April. I have been sewing a lot lately, and made my daughter a dress, and then with some left over fabric, I made a ruffled rosette that can be worn as a headband or belt! It turned out pretty cute, so I wanted to share with you all! This is the flower, with her matching dress Your first step is to cut out long strips of fabric. Mine are raw edges. You can always use check fray to prevent the fray if you do not like the raw edge look.  I am going to show you how to ruffle by hand, if you are going to use a rufflers foot, skip this section.   When you put your strips under the foot, leave a long tail of thread at the beginning and the end as well. Make sure the stitch is set to a large width, and start sewing. Once you are done sewing, tie a knot with the threads on one end so that you can pull from the other end.  Take your open end, and pull on the thread that came from ...