Different Ruffles

These two valentine pillows each have a double thickness triple ruffle. The ruffles are tiered in red cotton, gold lame and a heart print cotton. They are very full which made it very difficult to sew through layers and layers of fabric - actually 8 layers!

The single double thickness ruffle on this Spring pillow was much easier to stitch. This ruffle was not gathered as full, but the print coordinates with the applique letters. But as you can see the ruffle doesn't hold up as well as the ruffles on the valentine pillows. The fuller the ruffle, the more body it adds to it!