Chapter six: tucks, pleats and gathers

Sample board with tucks, pleats and gathers. Details below.

Combination tucks and pleats

Butter muslin with frayed and applied tucks; rolled and handstitched tucks, lavender sprigs.

Windmill tucks

Windmill tucks in butter muslin.

Ref: Kokoro No Te (Handmade Treasures from the Heart) by Kumiko Sudo. 2005. USA. Breckling Press.

An origami technique using tiny folded squares of fabric.

Flipped tucks

Flipped calico tucks secured with machine stitch.

Calico pleats

Calico pleats folded at different widths. Mounted on a roll of card to show three dimensional possibilities.

Chapter six: tucks, pleats and gathers

Sample board with tucks, pleats and gathers. Details below.

Silk tucks

Detail of the other end of the sample below shows machine stitched tucks and hand gathered tucks on silk.