Pin tucks

Applique - Hand Embroidery (more pics to come)

Hello, readers! I’ve been away from the blog for two weeks (or three), and I’m hoping that you missed me a little bit. I felt the urge to write this post after watching episode 9 of Project Runway …

Pintucks are great embellishments to garments. In our tutorial, we show you three ways to create these design elements.

Are you looking for ideas on how to manipulate fabric? In this tutorial I introduce a whole bunch of different types of tucks for you to choose from.

Marking tucks calls for extreme accuracy: The foldlines must be parallel, on-grain, and perfectly straight—and, often, close together. Many fabrics that lend themselves to tuck details are delicate, sheer, and may be unstable.

Continuing on with some alphabetic creativity...today is brought to you by the Letter T with a tutorial on Twisted Tucks. This is a technique I learned from a wonderful book called Manipulating Fabric. About 8 years ago, I made a vest of an ethnic ikat fabric using this technique on the vest front. It closed with toggle loops and bone buttons. It really turned out neat. I hope to make another similar to it this fall. Twisted Tucks Tutorial Step 1 - Create a series of narrow tucks evenly…

These easy instructions from "Tucks Made Simple," Threads #171, explain how to sew tiny pin tucks and then how to create intersecting pin tucks. Follow the steps and you'll create…