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 heart desires if you learn how to run your tucker. And think how much prettier you can make your blouses and children's clothes with the addition of tucks here and there.

Ruffler—How many hours have you spent running in gather threads? Of course, there are places where nothing else will answer for the gather thread, but how about the ruffles and frills? You can run them through a ruffler in just about three minutes and do away with an hour's hand work.

There is a ruffling attachment which comes with nearly every sewing machine. Take out yours now. It is just the matter of a couple of thumb screws to adjust it. Place the material between the two blades of the ruffler and stitch as shown in Fig. 35.