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Velvet Project DONE!

I am expecting a GREAT day today after completing the velvet gown project yesterday just in the nick of time for the lady to wear it to the Detroit Auto Show Gala last night! It was an easy looking pattern (Vogue 7824) and I had allowed plenty of time (I thought)....but that wretched velvet with the chiffon godets and complete attatched lining gave me such misery that even after staying up a couple long nights....I was ready to "pay her to wear something she already might have." I basted the seams by hand before sewing. I used the walking foot. I resewed the seams by hand while it was laying nice- flat and smooth. I had it professionally steamed. I hung it a couple days before hemming. But the lining continued to fall shorter than the velvet when tacked together in any way and would sort of "tug/pull up at the top of the insets." I was not happy with how it turned out but I was thrilled that she wasn't bothered by the imperfection and insisted on paying me anyway. What a relief from days of frustration....it's nice to be done with that burdensome project and on to fun things. Today I am dying some silk for sleeves for a boy's skating shirt. Joy

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Joy Hardie
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Will watch for a photo in my Freep. What color is it?

--Karen D.

Reply to
Veloise

Burgundy with 1/2 gross burgundy Swarovsky crystals sprinkled at the neckline. But I didn't see her or the dress in the paper this morning. Joy

Reply to
Joy Hardie

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

Reply to
gjones2938

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.

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Kate Dicey

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