interfacing

Okay, I do understand what "understitching" is when it comes to collars, but i'm making a dress and it claims to be "easy", but I'm totally not understanding what understitching means in this context. The dress has a lining, cut out of the same pattern piece as the dress. I'm now at the point where I'm supposed to sew the lining to the dress..."with right sides together, pin lining to dress, matching seams and having raw edges even. UNDERSTITCH lining". I do not understand, please help!!!

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Reply to
sarahstephen
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Two-thirds of the way down this page is a picture of a garment being understiched:

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fashion fabric piece is on the left, the lining (in this case a wide facing) is on the right. After you have graded the seams and clipped all curves, stitch *just* to the lining side of the seam line, with both pieces right-side-up. I tug gently at both sides as they pass under the needle, you may find it easier to press lightly before understitching. I have another picture of the process here:
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one was a full lining, again the garment is on the left, the lining is on the right side of the needle. HTH,

Reply to
BEI Design

here:

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> This one was a full lining, again the garment is on the> left, the lining is on the right side of the needle.>

The other great trick to learn for linings is a French tack. It's a hand stitch, and it does take some practice and some time to do well. But so worth the effort. If you what understitching does for the neckline, these do for the hem line.

Sharon

Reply to
mamahays

Except that..........understitching never seems to work that well for me. I don't know why, I always used to do it exactly as I was taught, but somehow it just doesn't work. Oh well, there are other methods, thank goodness.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Reply to
Olwyn Mary

Good catch, I just assumed that part would be obvious, but it's better to spell it all out. ;-)

Reply to
BEI Design

Do you curve the seam as you are sewing to meet the curve of the *facing*? I finally discovered that after a few attempts did not work out well. For instance, for a jewell neckline seam, I force the seam into a ) shape going under the needle. Also I check often to be sure the entire seam allowance is on the *right* (lining/facing) side of the needle. Occasionally a notched or clipped seam allowance wants little bits to wander over to the garment side.

Reply to
BEI Design

On Thu, 7 May 2009 09:17:30 -0700 in alt.sewing, "BEI Design" wrote,

It is that comment that made everything clear! Trying to figure out what pieces you are sewing through from the "how to do it" was not so easy.

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David Harmon

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