Sewing Tip - Making Twisted Tucks

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Making Twisted Tucks (Tip/Technique)

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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 spaced across your width of fabric. The tucks take up a great deal of room so you will need a much larger piece of yardage than the pattern piece actually requires. Different sizes of tucks provide different results. As do the amount of spacing between them. You may want to experiment until you get the effect desired. For the purposes of this tutorial, I used 1/4 inch tucks spaced 3/8 inch apart. A good way to learn this technique is to use a plaid with a regular repeat as I did here. The plaid's horizontal and vertical lines make a wonderful stitching guide and eliminate the need for pre-marking. Twisted Tucks on plaid also give a neat secondary effect.

Step One - Sew narrow tucks the full width of your fabric

Step Two - Press the tucks in one direction.

Step Three - Sew across the tucks in vertical seams. Alternate the direction each row so that the tucks create their definitive "twist." If your tucks are closely spaced together, you will need to pull each tuck up from under the presser foot so that it does not inadvertantly get sewn down the wrong direction.

Step Three - Stitch across tucks vertically.

Step Four - With tip of iron or a mini-iron, press the tucks in the direction they've been sewn.

Step Five - Cut pattern piece from the yardage you've created. Assemble garment.

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	dr. liz said... What a great tip! Very clever, and a very distinctive effect. 9/13/08 9:53 AM
	Patzee said... Thank you for all your tips! Your website is a very helpful and enjoyable place to visit! 9/13/08 2:46 PM
	EleanorSews said... What an interesting effect. It may take a bit of time, but well worth it. Thanks for sharing this tutorial. 10/17/08 12:00 PM
	Veronica Thomas said... I like this look of the twisted tucks. I sew a lot and it will come in handy. 1/31/09 1:54 AM