Did Jamaica Nuff Ruffles?

I've been ruffling and sewing away on these bloomers, and now they are done! See?





That's going to be the cutest little baby behind in the South, don't you think?


A construction detail on these is the elastic application on the legs. I used 1/4 inch elastic and set my zigzag to the widest width, with a regular stitch length. After taking a few straight stitches at the beginning to anchor the elastic, I zigged and zagged about 3/4 inch around the leg openings, being careful not to stitch through the elastic. By stitching over it, the elastic is movable, just as if it was inside a regular casing. I really like this trick. Next time I think I'll try it with 1/8 inch elastic, just to see how well that would work. Here's how it looks from the outside:





And here's how it looks from the inside:

This is the finish you see in Ready To Wear--and we can do it, too!

After everything was done, Jamaica wanted to go out on the back porch and admire the begonias. Here she is, mid-swing in a garden chair:

Once she quit petting the cat, I caught this shot from the back:



Now that's cute, yall. And I think I made enough ruffles for this one--eleven!

Bluebonnet

Remember Bluebonnet? No? Well, here it is again:

While I was pondering what to cut up next, I realized that Bluebonnet had posed herself atop this pattern, and was already picking out embroidery floss!

Who am I to argue? I'm going to cut it out, of course.