I saw a tutorial somewhere on this but i don't remember where. It seemed so easy but i can't attempt it until i figure out how to get one of my 4 rufflers to work on one of my 2 machines.

The trick was to ruffle 2 sides of each block and then cut the other sides to match. When you lay them out you alternate the directions of the squares so that a gathered side is against a straight side. But The size of the pieces of fabric depends on how much of a gather you want. I think there would have to be some sort of formula.

I wish i was better at explaining, i can sort of see how i would attempt it but i can't think of good words.

It's on my huge to do list but some other things recently got my attention and bumped it down on the list.

I saved a blog on my computer where a lady made one and she had great pictures and instructions but of course I can't find it.

take a look here, she did strips but you could adapt it to blocks. http://www.familyeverafterblog.com/2...ing-quilt.html

ok, found this one and they did blocks. http://www.modabakeshop.com/2012/11/...kle-quilt.html

This is very similar to the tutorial i couldn't find.
http://www.familyeverafterblog.com/2...ing-quilt.html

I plan to do it with a sheer fabric over bright solids instead of muslin.

Auntpiggylpn, that one is cute too!

I like this one. I was planning to do something like this with only a couple of the rows ruffled. On my list of things to do...:)

I saw a different tut but can not find it now. The blocks were about 6x6 with 1 inch side strips and 4 inches of the gathered fabric. Not all of the blocks in the quilt were done this way. Each block was pressed so they do look more flat. I think she did them with straight stitch regular foot then just pulled up the gathering.

You can do ruching by serging down each side. You have to adjust the differential feed so the fabric will gather. I think ruching is an heirloom technique. It adds a very feminine look to a project, and it's easy to do with a serger.

Yeah! Now that's what I'm talking about! It would be fun to use the ruffling attachment...finally. I suppose you could, "strip ruffle," your pieces.

Tartan, I like the idea of ruching flowers too.
~ Cindy

You could also gather down the center of the piece and do sort of a "butterfly" effect.

~ Cindy

Here is a picture of a pillow I made.... I ruffled the fabric and sewed it to a base to hold it to size I wanted. I am sure you could do this for blocks in a quilt. I have thought of doing this, just never got around to it.