lining a wedding dress

Oct 04, 2007 2 Replies
J

As I don't have any experience in lining anything, let alone a wedding dress, I need help from this newsgroup please.



Dress will be strapless, princess line in Satin back crepe. Lining bought on recommendation of sales person is a soft, light fabric. Only linings I have seen over the years have been the heavy fraying type of fabric.



Q1 - should I cut the Satin a little bigger, so when I put the lining in, it will fit properly?



Q2 - do I cut them both together?



I will have more questions as I go along, but for now, that will be a start. Thank you for any help given.



Katherine


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K

Can you tell us which pattern you are using?

Look at the pattern instructions and pieces... That will tell you which pattern pieces need to be cut in lining fabric and which not. It will also tell you if you need to use different pieces for the gown and for the lining. If you do, they will be adjusted correctly to go together.

Dress linings are usually lighter than the outer fabric. Yes, they do tend to fray a bit more...

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J

Actually I am using two patterns.

Burda 8057 - made the lace bolero only. The dress - I don't feel confident to make that particular one, so opted for a simpler Princess line and putting lace and beads on the bodice.

For the dress I am using Simplicity New Look 6468, (only longer of course).

Katherine

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