You might be familiar with pintucks, which are simply a teeny-tiny tuck the width of a pin. The skirt below features 1/4" tucks and 5/8" wide tucks.
Any width of tuck is sewn by carefully measuring and pressing a fold, then stitching close to that fold. The distance from the fold determines the width of the tuck.
Sew 1/4" from the fold, you get a 1/4" tuck. Sew right on the edge, you get a pintuck!
Modern sewists came up with a simpler method of sewing pintucks with a twin needle and a special presser foot. Either the modern or the traditional method makes lovely pintucks.
So why sew tucks?
Create texture and dimension in an otherwise plain fabric or design!
Add tucks at the hem of a skirt to give fullness and volume to the shape!
Incorporate shaping into a blouse with tucks that release over the bust!
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