Dear All, I am a lurker and sporatic one at that, so I apologize if this has already been suggested-- I have sewn shaped pintucks by machine using a twin needle. Below is a link to a child's dress using the technique. By clicking on the small photos, you can see a larger version. http://fwebb.com/children/budget.html These are corded twin-needle pintucks. They were stitched on white cotton batiste and simultaneously corded with pink pearl cotton which shadowed through the white batiste. I have also stitched wavy and scalloped twin-needle pintucks successfully on silk dupioni and handkerchief linen. For the first pintuck, trace the shape using a water-erasable marker or chalk pencil. Follow your shape. At pivot points, stop with the needles down, lift the presser foot, gently pivot, then continue. The needles twist slightly but straighten out when you begin sewing again. For additional tucks, use the grooves in your pintuck foot just as you would for straight pintucks. Twin-needle pintucks look different if they are stitched parallel to the selvage or from selvage to selvage. You can also change the depth of the tuck by adjusting your needle tension. My machine (Pfaff) has a little attachment that goes just in front of the pintuck foot to make the tucks deeper. Have fun experimenting! And please let me know if you have questions. Thanks, Frances in Virginia
--- On Tue, 8/12/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Message: 4 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:34:41 -0700 From: Saragrace Knauf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Fwd: technique used? To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Probably, but in this case I think you'd have problems with the serger seam showing through on the bottom. The pin tucks appear larger than those made by specialized feet on most machines.... But the seam itself could be done with a straight stitch...(but not too tight-might be too stiff)...and then pulled into the scallop shape by hand.... Sg _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
