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How to use shirring in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word shirring? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Heirloom sewers love light-weight linen because it shows up all the wonderful shirring, wing-needles work, and pin-tucks that they love.
Aside from pushing up and squeezing together, ruffles and shirring add some dimension to make you look bigger.
The process of shirring, gathering and tucking took over, but these techniques did not solve its basic architectural problem.
This recipe for shirring eggs in ham cups provides an elegant way to serve ham and eggs to a large group.
As for rugs, one of the prizes at Jan Whitlock is a fine early hearth rug, in a combination technique of shirring and yarn sewing.
For straight casings, shirring is possible starting with a caliber of 23 mm.
The tight, strapless bodice was asymmetrical and ill-fitting, the shirring pretty shoddy.
The lower centre front of the bodice is gathered into horizontal lines of shirring which rise above the deep point.
It features a gathered bodice with an oval neckline bordered by shirring and long sleeves with mancherons set into low armscyes.
Look for suits with shirring at the waist, princess seams, diagonal lines and prints or special detailing and patterns that define the waist.
And you'll feel as good as you look with its relaxed fit and fashion detailing, such as box pleats radiating from the scoop neckline and a bottom hem finished with elastic and shirring.
If you don't know the difference between sewing, shirring, appliquéing, and embroidering, and you'd like to, this show might be a good place to start.
Molded cups with shirring details on outer cups.
Examples from Classical Literature
There was not the slightest doubt that all its shirring was of real, real silk!
Long elbow cuffs, and above them two beautiful puffs divided by rows of shirring and bows of brown silk ribbon.
The shirring string under the crown is pulled up first and the material over-handed to the frame.
This may be in the form of a cupboard or small closet, or a bag made of light rubber cloth and provided with a shirring string.
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