Looking For That Feeling Of Quiet Elegance? ... Then Be Creative And Decorate A Home Sewing Project Into An Eye Catching Piece of Work By Sewing Tucks!

Tucks are mainly used as decorations and stitched in a straight line. Tucks may be stitched on the right or wrong side of the fabric. To make really professional looking tucks, use a machine tucker which marks the width of each tuck and the spacing between. Accuracy is most important when sewing tucks.

10 Decorative Ways for Sewing Tucks

Below you will find the instructions for sewing tucks (some tucks are illustrated): 

1. Plain tuck  is  by folding the cloth and stitching the desired distance from the fold. Use a gauge to get it absolutely straight. 

2. Pin tucks  are very  tiny tucks that may be done by hand with  tiny running stitches or by machine. They are very decorative  on sheer fabrics. 

3. Hand-run tucks  are tucks done with very small running stitches, fine needle and thread. 

4. Overhand tucks  are very  shallow tucks used for circular  lines. Mark the line carefully, take up only a few threads of  cloth and overhand over the marking. If desired, use con­  trasting thread or two lines of stitches, one worked from the  right, the second from the left, to get a cross-stitched effect. 

5. Nun’s tucks  are tucks on flares. Crease the line and baste close to fold. Press; baste proper distance from fold, and stitch. 

6. Cluster or group tucks  are several tucks in a row. Watch spacing carefully and end off with backtracking or securely tied knot. Very often ended off in a slanting line. 

7. Shell tucks  are decorative  and have a scalloped effect. Make  tuck, and measure the shells, using a pencil dot marking.  Shells are often ¼ inch deep and ½ inch long, although they may be finer or wider. At each dot, make two tight overhand stitches, then three or four running stitches and repeat over-handing at next dot. Or, pass needle under cloth between overhand stitches.  

8. Crossed tucks are pretty for decorative effects. Make all horizontal tucks, press fiat and carefully stitch vertical tucks. 

9. Corded tucks  .  Encase cord in tuck and run by hand, or  machine stitch with cording foot. 

10. Graduated tucks  are a series of tucks increasing or decreas­ing in size. Measure carefully and baste first to be sure effect is right before stitching.  

As clearly illustrated tucks are easy to make and are great for decorating pillows and are also used in making Roman Blinds.

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