Applications, Shirring – SINGER 404K User Manual
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THE GATHERING FOOT
F
ig
. 120. T
he
G
athering
F
oot
.
Single or mul
tiple
rows
of
shirring
can
be
quickly and ex
pertly
placed
with the gather
ing foot. Evenly
spaced
shirring
is insured as this
foot is designed
to lock fullness
into every stitch.
Applications.
Plain shirring Waffle shirrini
Elastic shirring
Machine smock-
Shirring
Shirring is usually done on the
crosswise grain of the fabric. Soft
fabrics
lend
themselves
to
shirring
better than firm fabrics.
The amount of fullness is very
simply
controlled
by
stitch
length
and degree of tension.
A long stitch produces more full-
nevSS than a short stitch. Balanced
tensions
are
always
required,
but
heavy
tensions,
both
upper
and
lower,
produce
more
fullness
than
light tensions.
F
ig
. 121.
Many lovely effects are accomplished
with
simple
roAvs
of
evenly
spaced
shirring.
A
yoke
section,
insert
or
trimming
band
of
self-fabric
affords
an interesting contrast of texture Avhen
stitched
with
the
gathering
foot
in
rows apart.
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