I got this idea from working with fans and my love of costume. I decided to make a neck ruff in a similar way to how I made the paper fans in my book.
I started by folding the fabric to make a concertina affect. This didn’t work as well as it did with the paper fans. The fabric didn’t hold the folds as well as I’d hoped. I’ll have to come up with a way to make the folds stiff, maybe some kind of starch.
Next I sawed every two folds together to make one side of the ruff fan out more then the other. I’m going to research ways to starch fabric and different ways to decorate it too.
Lyra Bright 