Chapter 6 Gathering - (ye rose buds while ye may?)

a. simple gathering

1. cotton scrim ruffle zig zagged on to a kebab stick

2. hand gathered nylon organza

3. machine gathered polycotton

4. Cotton scrim gathered by pulling threads.

5. cotton lawn ruffled with three rows of shirring

b. tucks and gathers

1. heavy cotton with regular tucks across the width and then shirred along the length. The heavier material from the tucks reduced the gathering of the shirring.

2. Fine linen look cotton tucked, gathered and then the tucks stitched to each other to form little pockets.

3. fine old cotton sheeting with large and small tucks gathered

c. more complex gathering

1. polycotton shirred in wavy lines across the width and along the length - showing the reverse side to see the little pockets formed.

2. cotton scrim with threads pulled from around the perimeter of the material

3. fine cotton sheeting close gathered in two directions

4. fine cotton sheeting shirred in two directions

d.  flights of fancy

1. tucked, shirred, rolled and frayed

2. nylon organza gathered on to cocktail sticks by using the sticks as the gathering thread

3. parrot peas circular-stitched into nylon organza

4. fine cotton sheeting folded and snipped into fringes then shirred

5. lines of circular stitching to make a soft mound.