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Posted by Ellie13 on June 5, 2008, 8:46 am
Ellie13 had written this in response to
http://www.sewgirls.com/sewing/Re-Help-wedding-dress-construction-URGENT-32863-.htm
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great- thanks so much for the reply. Think I really just needed to hear
someone say it was possible! Thanks again- I'm going to try some practice
samples tonight.
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
> Ellie13 wrote:
>>
>> I need some advice. I am making a wedding dress for a friend. It's
>> a
>> fairly simple design- not very structured but in a quite
>> lightweight silk
>> that I need to line so that it isn't too transparent. Ordinarily
>> with this
>> type of light silk I would use a french seam but I also need to
>> put an
>> invisible zip into the side seam (and then line it) so how do I do
>> this??
>> Are there any other kinds of seams that I could use instead? (I
>> don't have
>> an overlocker). Please help- it's quite urgent. I can always
>> figure
>> something out of course, but I am hoping that someone has some
>> great
>> advice so that it will be perfect! Thanks in advance...
> The cocealed zip goes in first. Once you have done that, you can clip
> the seam at the bottom of the zip opening and close the lower half with
> a French seam.
> For the lining, mark the bottom of the zip opening, close the lower
> half
> with a French seam, and slip stitch the lining to the zip tape by hand.
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