Tuck (sewing)

Tucks are narrow (about 1 mm to 1 cm) stitched folds, the folds break is on the right side of the fabric and ironed flat. They are used primarily on garments and linens as decoration and usually occur in groups of three or more parallel tucks, all of which are ironed in the same direction, such as on the chest of festive men's shirts, for ladies blouses between the shoulder and chest. Besides the decorative function Biesen also be used to reduce the width of an average part so that it can be attached to a narrower. Compared to the queuing results in the advantage that the wider section part is not hyping directly at the seam. Thus, for example, the front part of a women's blouse are attached to a rather narrow shoulder; below, on the chest, forming the tucks and give the garment so more distance. For some men's shirts tucks are placed on both sides of the chest slot and jump below in order to make more room for stomach.