Interfacing?

[Efemera]

I'm making a blouse with collar from a drapey  rayon, I've used a very light weight fusible but as I thought it's altered the drapeyness... I've taken most of it out, leaving just enough for buttonholes and button.. too late to take it out of the collar. The glue is still making it a bit stiff. I've been sewing for eons and you would think I had this sorted bu now..

what would you use?..

[Efemera]

Nobody got any suggestions?

[Swisslass]

http://www.vlieseline.com/Products/Fusible-Interlinings

Our local fabric shop stocks them all and I usually go in and match up the fabric to the interfacing (or rather they fall over themselves to do it

[Ohsewsimple]

I'd use one of these from Engkish Couture. I use fine sheer fusible a lot.  It doesn't alter the hand of the fashion fabric at all.   I would always use an interfacing of some sort.  It makes so much difference to the garment. 

http://englishcouture.co.uk/product/ecc21-fine-sheer-fusible/
http://englishcouture.co.uk/product/ecc71-silky-touch-couture-light/

[b15erk]

I use a very lightweight  one, but I've done exactly the same, but in my case  I had to  abandon the project because the white colour was showing through, and the  fabric shredded when I tried to remove it.

Peggy Sages at Silhouette  patterns isn't  a great fan of interfacing.  Sorry, no link but her Web casts are worth a look.  She uses a lot of industry techniques.

Jessie

[Efemera]

It's in the bin...... that's two wadders in a week!.. I'll Google Peggy.

[Tamnymore]

Oh dear. That's a pity. If you haven't flung it out irretrievably would it be worth washing it to see if the collar softens up... or is it too late? 

[Holly Berry]

I use fusible knit interfacing now even on woven fabrics, as the non stretch of the woven stops the stretch of the interfacing. I also use it cut in strips for stabilising stretch seams and hems. If you want it to be a heavier interfacing you can use by fusing 2 layers on top of one another, but I find one layer enough for most fabrics.

I get mine from Gill Arnold or sew essential it's about £5 per metre which seems expensive, but I find cheaper in the long run as I now buy the one type, unless it's for speed tailoring, when I buy the packs from English Couture Co.

[Efemera]

Oh dear. That's a pity. If you haven't flung it out irretrievably would it be worth washing it to see if the collar softens up... or is it too late? 

Yes too late..I don't know why I make blouses.. I don't wear them!

[Catllar]

I use fusible knit interfacing now even on woven fabrics, as the non stretch of the woven stops the stretch of the interfacing. I also use it cut in strips for stabilising stretch seams and hems. If you want it to be a heavier interfacing you can use by fusing 2 layers on top of one another, but I find one layer enough for most fabrics.

That's a great tip - I'm always muddling up my interfacings in the drawer . Some mean people might say I should label them - but where's the fun in that!

[Ohsewsimple]

Well mine were labelled Catllar   but I swear some rotten little  came in and took all the labels off.  I can't find them anyway!

[Catllar]

Don't you just hate when that happens?

[Ohsewsimple]

Certainly do!  I think they also take my pattern pieces sometimes.  i can't always find them when I want them. 

[dolcevita]

Washed, undyed silk organza can be a good solution for this kind of garment.  I've used it in a couple of collars in the past and it gives enough body, no worrying about the glue bubbling and the colour doesn't come through unless it's a very strong contrast.

[HenriettaMaria]

I was taught that for very lightweight fabric you should self-interface using the fashion fabric of the main garment.  If you really don't want to do that you absolutely must test a remnant with sample interfacing and see how it's changed, both before and after washing.

Back in the day when I made a lot of shirts with fusible interfacing, I always interfaced the bit that wasn't seen, eg, the inside of the collar stand or cuff, or the underside of the collar, because of the problem of the interfacing glue seeping through.