How to Use the Groove Pin Tuck Foot
These feet must be used with a double needle to create the perfect pin tucks.
The main difference between the feet is the numbe of grooves available to distance your pintucks as you wish for that perfect project.
Blouses are stunning with perfect pin tucks to the front, a shirt looks amazing with a swathe of pintucks in the centre of the back, billowing out to a looser fit.
Once the double needle has been inserted simply clip on the presser foot using the bar attachment.
Pin tucks are standard tucks’ more delicate sister. Because they are sewn closer together, precision in spacing and stitching is critical. You can sew an easy version of these petite tucks with a double needle and a grooved pin-tuck foot. Make a few samples before beginning your project, so you can determine the best machine settings. The space between the double needles and the distance between the ridges on the pintuck foot should match.
Mark the first pin tuck using chalk, a fine-tip fabric marker, or basting stitches. Plan how many pin tucks you want – generally odd numbers look best. However, you need to mark only the first pin tuck because the foot follows along the first tuck for subsequent, perfectly parallel tucks.
Sew the first pin tuck
Place the fabric under the presser foot, aligning the marked tuck line between the double needles. As you sew, the bobbin thread pulls the stitching rows together to create the pin tuck within the groove.
Stitch additional pin tucks
Align the tuck inside a presser-foot groove. Sew the next tuck as before; the foot uses the first pin tuck as a guide to create parallel pin tucks. Pull the pin tucks’ ends gently to raise the tucks before pressing them from the wrong side.
Make Pin Tuck Grids
To create an unusual effect you can create a grid-like design with crossed pin tucks. You can stitch just a few vertical and horizontal pin tucks for a subtle twist, or crosshatch multiple rows to create a one-of-a- kind fabric.
1. Sew with the fabric grain, and follow the pin tuck instructions above. Depending on your design, you may want to space the tucks farther apart than the width of the pin-tuck presser foot. If so, mark each tuck location before sewing.
2. After sewing and pressing the lengthwise tucks, mark the horizontal pin tucks following the fabric’s cross-grain. Use a clear ruler and chalk, a fabric marker, or a basting stitch.
3. Sew the horizontal tucks. As you sew across each vertical pin tuck, be careful to maintain the direction the tuck was pressed. When the design is complete, gently press from the fabric’s wrong side and then hover the iron over the fabric’s right side. As in step 3 above (in “Sew tiny pin tucks”), pull the pin tucks’ ends gently to raise them. After pressing, staystitch along the garment’s edges.
Perfect grids, angles or more can be created with a little experimentation using this technique and the Pintuck presser feet.
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