Lining a bodice/pinafore

How do you mean they don't match up. If it's across the width of the shoulder, the back shoulder is always slightly larger than the front, and needs to be eased in. If this is the case, place the back shoulder next to the bed of the machine, lower the needle into the start of the seam, and hold the ends of the seam together in your hand. The machine will take up the lower piece a bit faster, and automatically ease it in.

If that's not the problem, please write again, and we'll look at it again.

Teri

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:Hi,Thanks - that answers my question.My other problem is this: On both the bodice piece and the skirt I have ironed on a length of interfacing, so that when the material is folded and all finished I can use this area to place my buttons or poppers.

However, should I leave this sticking out of both the bodice and skirt. Difficult to explain, but what I have done so far is on the bodice, I have lined it and sewn the side seams up so that I have a full bodice with just the bottom hems left open, ready to attach to the skirt.

The skirt is then gathered and attached to the bodice. However what do I do with the interfaced edge on the skirt to give a neat appearance where it joins the bodice. I seem to have been left with a lumpy bit at the edge.

I hope this all makes sense - it is so difficult to explain.

gj> How do you mean they don't match up. If it's across the width of the

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Does the bodice open at the front or back? When I interface for closures, I interface the outside of the garment, rather than at the edge where the pattern usually tells one to put it. That means that no part of the interfacing is going to be sticking out. Can you re- place over farther? It doesn't seem to serve much of a purpose when it's attached to the facings.

If it opens at the front, and you don't move the interfacing, open out the interfaced part, and run the gathering stitches right up to it on the upper lapped edge. On the under edge, gather only up to the interfacing, and leave the interfaced part ungathered. The upper lap will cover over it, and there's no need to have it, too, gathered.

Sew only the outside to the skirt; leave the lining loose and sew it by hand to the skirt to cover the raw edges.

I suppose this same method can be used for a back opening.

Teri

Have you walked the pattern's seams to see if the problem is poor drafting? Do the lining and shell pieces have different seam allowances? Do the other notches match?

If the pattern's ok, are you cutting stabilized fabric accurately? Are you storing cut patterns flat to keep them from stretching?

There are a lot of poorly drafted patterns around, and even more semi-decent patterns with poorly drafted linings, for some reason....

Kay