AKK! I backed myself into a corner today! Gave in when a bride with a six week deadline called for help - her bridesmaid dresses need fixing!
She had them made, and they are bias cut. They fit well enough, but the zips are a disaster! There are zips up the side seams, and they are all buckled and rumpled up when the dresses are on the lasses. Unfortunately, the zips come down to hip level!
She has already spent £600 on these, made by another dressmaker, and I did warn her that they might not be recoverable. I also warned her that it might be easier and more economical to start again, but I would need to look at them and assess the damage, before saying whether or not I could do the work. One zip has apparently been re-sewn, and looks worse than it did before!
How would you put a zip in the side seam of a bias cut dress without having it pucker all to hell and back? My choice would be a light weight invisible zipper, as short as possible, and sewn in by hand. Waddya fink, Mrs Alterations Wizard?