Do you know what shirring is?
I certainly didn’t until working on this dress. I thought it was something utterly
complicated and rather intricate.
What I found out is that it is just multiple lines of gathering perhaps
done with a lot more precision than a typical gathering stitch.
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| Mmmm purpley |
This dress has “shirring” at the neck and on hips. After having a little stress out session on what shirring
actually was, I got down to it. I
tried to be precise both the start and end of my stitching lines. I also tried to keep the lines
straight. I tend to be more than
just a little haphazard in my gathering.
The stitch line waving all over the seam allowance. So it took some concentration to make
the shirring precise.
I think I did a good job. Though, I still keep referring to this as gathering.
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