Pin tucks

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 …

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…

I'm always looking for new and creative ways to embellish my hand-sewn wardrobe. Diagonal pintucks add that meet in the middle creating a chevron design.

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.

Drafting and sewing pin tucks

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