a skilled seamstress pulls a drawstring tight on a large piece of colorful fabric. The smooth fabric quickly transforms as she tugs the string harder. The material bunches up into small wrinkles and folds around the gathered area. What was once flat fabric now shows tight creases radiating outward from the pull point. Her apprentice watches nearby, holding more fabric ready for the same treatment. The workbench shows other gathered fabric pieces in various stages. fabric being gathered into small folds or wrinkles