Help with Fabric Please!!!! - Page 2

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>
> I need help!
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> I have been asked to sew bridesmaid dresses from this Vogue Pattern:
>
> http://www.voguepatterns.com/item/V1076.htm?
> tab=evening_bridal_includes_designer&page=1
>
> it is a tunic, but the bride wants me to just elongate the tunic by
> attaching a
> portion on to the bottom (and make it look good - which I can do)
>
> But here's my BIG problem. The pattern calls for Two-Way Stretch Knits
> Only:
> Lightweight Double Knit, Wool Lyra and Cotton Lyrca. But the Bride (who is
> a
> very good friend) went out and bought 14 meters of Crepe-Back-Satin in the
> EXACT
> shade she wants before telling me and now I'm stuck with this fabric.
>
> What I am hoping some expert in fabric will tell me is if it is at all
> possible
> to sew this pattern with the crepe-back-satin that has already been
> purchased to
> go with the pattern the bride has requested.
>
> I know that crepe is a woven fabric with some give on the bias and will
> have
> less stretch than a Knit but I'm hoping someone will tell me that I can do
> this
> and make it work - even if I have to take my time with it.
>
> Thank you to anyone who can help!
>
>
> -------------------------------------
> wsloan

> sopzebub wrote:
> BTDTGTTS
> Sit her down and calmly explain that this fabric will not, ever, even
> close,
> work with this pattern.
> Nope. Not even if you.... or..... Nope will not work, so sorry she
> didn't
> ask you first before purchasing both the pattern and the fabric.
> Cruise through the pattern catalogs online. Find a pattern that's close
> and
> alter the style details till you get close to what she wants with the
> current pattern.
> And hurry up about telling her. The longer you wait, the worse off both
> of
> you will be.

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> But at least I don't force about half a
> dozen unfortunate females into some
> pattern and colour they -worst case -
> don't even like and look butt-ugly in.
> What is it that folks in some parts of the > world are so absolutely

> colour schemes?

>
> Oh dear, I know that somebody here said that brides are unreasonble (or used
> some other expression) but still it is a complete mystery to me why folks
> will go through such a hassle for just one single day. True, I'm getting
> married and - yes, that dress is some kind of a hassle, too. But at least I
> don't force about half a dozen unfortunate females into some pattern and
> colour they -worst case - don't even like and look butt-ugly in. What is it
> that folks in some parts of the world are so absolutely obsessed with colour
> schemes?
>
> Why aren't they obsessed with the songs during the service in church or the
> word from the bible that is read on the occasion (don't get me wrong here,
> I'm not very pious, I've got my beliefs but they do somewhat differ from
> what goes on in church). Still, I took great pains to get the service more
> personlised and pick from the hymnbook and the bible what reflects my
> feelings best. Just out of sheer curiosity: Do these
> colour-scheme-I-must-have-exactly-this-pattern brides take care of this
> aspect of their wedding, too? Is there, in anglo-saxon countries, any
> possibility in the wedding service for such choices? I know that even the
> Roman Catholic church here allows a lot of personal stuff. Or is it all the
> music you know from the movies (whatsit, Lohengrin or some such stuff?).
>
> I'm firmly resolved: On my wedding I hope everybody has a good time because
> for me it's a celebration to show my gratitude for what I received. If folks
> want to wear potato sacks, go ahead, if they feel fine in them. They will
> get nice food, nice drink, nice music and if they drop an little envelope in
> our piggy bank, we'll be happy. End. My dress? Well, vanity, I want a nice
> dress at least once in my life, but that's just for me, and nobody else will
> have to suffer from my grey-green colour scheme.
>
> Come to think of it, my SIL (DB and her are to be wed in July) has a dress
> that will make her look like a meringue cake on feet, and between the
> ceremony in church and dinner there's a champagne reception. I don't know
> about any bridesmaids (I'm fortunately not maidenly enough for a catholic
> church, and probably far too fat and tall for her 5'1'').
>
> What I don't get is - why do they make such a fuss about a dress they'll
> never wear again. I mean, even if people get a divorce and then re-marry,
> they'll never wear the dress from their first wedding (true, I wouldn't
> either). But I don't even know about second-hand dresses. Their daughters
> will very likely not be able to wear it, either, because of various reasons
> (size, fashion, time of year). I can't believe the luxury this custom
> reflects or is supposed to reflect. I wonder how many of those brides are
> really that well off. Did they have to take up a mortgage to finance the
> whole affair...
>
> Oh dear, I'm rambling again, sorry! ;-) End of my 2 c.
>
> U.
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