Methods of Controlling Fullness

Methods of Controlling Fullness

By A Oni

At the end of this presentation

You will understand

​How to tell the difference between the methods of controlling fullness

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Apply different methods for controlling fullness​

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• Shirring

  • This is a decorative way of controlling fullness of multiple rows of gathering. 

• Darts and tucks

  • Darts are triangular folds of cloth that help clothes fit flat against the curves of the body.

  •  Tucks are even folds of fabric that are stitched along the fold to add a decorative effect. 

• Pleats

  • Pleats are folds in fabric that help control fullness

• Gathers

  • These are seen often at waistlines on sleeves, cuffs, yokes or as ruffles.

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Gathers are created by using the long stitch setting on the sewing machine and pulling the threads to evenly space out the 'folds'

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Another way to create gathers is use a hand stitch called base stitch and pulling the thread to create folds

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Gathering

Guidelines for shirring

1. You need crisp or soft lightweight fabric

2. The rows of shirring should straight and parallel

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Shirring

To stitch a dart

Start at the wide end

Slowly guide the stitch line to the dart. ​

Press the dart and

neaten it. ​

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Darts

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Have one fold line and one placement line. ​

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Knife Pleats

​Have two fold lines and two placement lines

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Box Pleats

​Have two fold lines and the same placement lines. The two folds of each pleat touch/face each other.

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Inverted pleats

Are very narrow pleats and the pleats stand off the body.

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Accordion pleats are best made commericially ​

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Accordion pleats

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Multiple Choice

This is an example of

• Gathering

• Pleating

• Shirring

• Darts

Fill in the Blank

The best fabric for shirring is s---------

Multiple Choice

-------- are folds in fabric that control fullness

• Darts

• Gathering

• Shirring

• Pleats

Multiple Select

What method of control of fullness is this?

• Gathers

• Ruffles

• Tucks

• Disposal of fullness