Gathers

Gathers
GATHERS
A fabric drawn up into folds, plaits or puckers, and held in position by threads. Rows of stitches are run through the cloth, and then the thread is drawn, pulling up the fabric into folds which are shaped according to the size of the stitches and the tightness of the drawn thread.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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