I was asked for a brief tutorial on how to pintuck. There is really nothing to it but there are countless variations in the way it can be used. I love them all!For starters, you need a pintuck presser foot and a double needle. These will be specific to your sewing machine. I use a 10ish year old Husqvarna Viking Easy Sew 350. My double needle is a Schmetz 2,0/80. When you buy your presser foot, the packaging will tell you what kind of double needle to buy. I believe that I have a 5 groove pintuck foot. There are many varieties. For my machine, the current prices for the feet are under $20 and the needles are about $4.00.
Of course you don’t need to make your pintucks in rows. The dress I made yesterday (see the post below) has a sort of radiating design. To do that, I marked the top and bottom of each pintuck with a pin. Starting at the top, I stitched from the top pin to the bottom pin. I have a pretty good eye for measurements and direction so I eyed this rather than drawing lines with chalk but that might be helpful.
Pintucks are often used at the top of a garment, near the neckline. They are also used in rows along the hemline. I made a tree top angel for our tree a number of years ago and used pintucks along the hem and it looks very attractive. I should also mention that pintucks work best in lightweight fabric.
I am working on another version of the pintuck baby dress and hope to have it up in the next couple of days!