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  • noun Plural form of pintuck.

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Examples

  • Eileen West looked at all the pintucks and focused on all the details when creating this particular gown.

    Fashion Forward: Blanchett is bright in Armani's Black Lace makeup 2010

  • Today, I am wearing a good long skirt of dark black jersey (tea length) that I got at a boutique and a nice long gray blouse in a light cotton with pintucks and ruffles in the bib that I just got at Target.

    Clothing in the Garden 2009

  • I love the slanted pintucks, or whatever you call it.www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com

    This Week's Pattern Story (and interview) - A Dress A Day 2009

  • Presser feet can be a big expense, esp. for foreign machines like the Bernina; if you have a choice between two similar machines, get the one with more presser feet, if you're going to be doing fancy sewing zippers, quilting, pintucks, ruffling.

    How to Choose a Sewing Machine - A Dress A Day 2008

  • I could have easily blown the entire proceeds of the ebay sale in the Jones Store at lunchtime--the sheer blouses with lace collars and pintucks . . . the calf-length A-line skirts . . . the lace-up granny boots.

    Archive 2005-10-01 Holly 2005

  • Sheer blouses with embroidery and pintucks, looking for all the world like a Victorian shirtwaist.

    on the cusp, alarmingly Holly 2005

  • Sheer blouses with embroidery and pintucks, looking for all the world like a Victorian shirtwaist.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Holly 2005

  • I could have easily blown the entire proceeds of the ebay sale in the Jones Store at lunchtime--the sheer blouses with lace collars and pintucks . . . the calf-length A-line skirts . . . the lace-up granny boots.

    not enough hours in the day Holly 2005

  • I've been working, at long last, on the little jacket with pintucks, which I am making out of a shiny lavender fabric, as previously described.

    Yes, I still sew. bradamant 2004

  • Since this was for a costume, I didn't worry about the crazy, wonky nature of the pintucks.

    THE SEWING DIVAS sewing, design, fashion georgene 2010

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