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Posted by Kate Dicey on January 16, 2006, 11:38 am
gjones2938@yahoo.com wrote:
> Dear Joy,
>
> I'm happy that your customer was satisfied with her dress. Here are
> some tips for the next bias cut assignment.
>
> After cutting out the fashion fabric and lining, hang them, preferably
> in place on a dress form, but a rod will work, too. Walk away and
> forget them for three days. You in fact WANT the pieces to stretch.
> This avoids the puckers you describe, and also allows the fabric to
> slink sexily over the hips, instead of forming pockets that look as
> though they need to be stuffed. When you sew the pieces together, hold
> the ends, as I've described in previous messages, to assure that the
> pieces still match. I use a tiny zigzag stitch. It still looks like a
> straight stitch, but is enough to give stretch to the seam to avoid
> broken stitches.
>
> Press carefully from the wrong side--in this case, a needle board would
> have been appropriate. Don't "iron," as opposed to pressing, which is
> done with light pressure for velvet, and an up an down, instead of back
> and forth, movement.
>
> I love the look of bias-cut garments--they make one feel very feminine.
>
> Teri
>
Something I found is that lining fabrics sometimes DON'T hang out to the
same length as the outer fabric. If I suspect this may happen, I cut
the lining up to 4" longer than the fashion fabric. Then I trim to turn
up to about an inch above the fashion fabric hemline.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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