Pintucks?

[mmymoon]

http://www.fanplusfriend.com/c2/SP00031_02.jpg <- What I want to know, dear friends... do you do the tucks BEFORE sewing the side seams, or after, once it's a tube?

The ruffler rocks my world -- and I also bought the 3-pintuck foot for my machine, so that's my next technique to tackle.

I need frills, people. I need them. BLACK FRILLS.

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

Do you have a hem foot, the kind that can just roll it under and go? If so, I might need to visit and sew about four yards of edges so I can *finally* use the fabric I have for ring slings. Ronan's too big, but I might reproduce again. Or gift them.

[mmymoon.livejournal.com]

Not as of yet, but I'm planning that to be my next foot purchase, once I master the ruffling and tucking. So... soonish.

[mmymoon.livejournal.com]

I need to make slings so I can carry Chloe around. She gets very cold if she's not leeching my body heat.

[ismene.livejournal.com]

Don't tell Rumor about this idea. She's already clingy enough.

I'd normally say pintuck first, but those should be done after the side seams. Hang the dress up for a couple of days first to let it stretch like you would before hemming.

[twotone]

I was under the impression that you do all of your sewing/tucking/ruffling etc first, and then you sew the seams and make it into a tube. It may be different with better or more professional sewing machines, though.

Huzzah for frills!

[mmymoon.livejournal.com]

There are so many ways to do everything... I know five different ways TO ruffle, although most of them suck.



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OH I HAVE CUTE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHEN I BOTHER TO UPLOAD THEM YAY

[edgevictim.livejournal.com]

I do it after because I'm not very precise with my cutting and markings.

[mmymoon.livejournal.com]

I am like the worst person ever, I think. I could probably make nice things if I wasn't so haphazard! I need a better ironing board, I think...

[edgevictim.livejournal.com]

I'm just lazy. Pressing is very important for making nice things. :)

[envirion.livejournal.com]

I pintuck before. :3

[mmymoon.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I am scared, since I need like, what............. five? yards of tucked, trimmed, etc. skirt before I ruffle it. I'm going to go to Hancock's tomorrow and try to find some fabric.

[dollsahoy.livejournal.com]

I pintuck before...not that I've made many pintucks in my sewing life. That will probably change, now that I've discovered that one of the gifted sewing doohickeys I have is a tuck marker (this one--how's yours look?)

The ruffler is more fun than it should be...

[mmymoon.livejournal.com]

Nah, mine is: http://www.bernina.com/product_detail-n25-i42-sEN.html Much less awesome looking!

I just need to work the math out a bit better and that ruffler and I are going to rock some serious black frills.

[dollsahoy.livejournal.com]

Silly me, I hadn't looked at the JSK before I answered--those I'd do after sewing the side seams. Things like that don't look pretty when they get trapped in seams. Vertical pintucks, though, especially of the 8-billion-tiny-tucks variety--those'd be done before seams.

I recently bought 7+ yards (@50¢/yard) of floaty lightweight cotton in light pink with a small print of black outline candy canes with bows and a smattering of stars. My brain boggles at the candygothloli potential. Have you any suggestions?