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Fun with Fabric / Re: Sewing tulle and silk
« on: January 18, 2019, 11:24:09 AM »
If I were making  in would approach the skirt by cutting a piece of sturdy ribbon to the size required where it will join the top.

See the lining to the ribbon leaving it a bit unsewn to allow for the insertion of the zip later.

Then put the ribbon and lining on a dressform or around your daughter and then deal and pin the tulle until it looks how you want

Make sure everything is very firmly pinned to tacked to the ribbon before removing from the dressform.

Then sew skirt to top and add zip.


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I have been thinking about this all day and the ones I can remember (without venturing into the chaos left behind in my sewing room from making an evening dress) are:

Black faux fur cape/throw. Bought the fake fur from a Joel and Sons sale several years ago.  Got as far as pinning the pattern pieces to it, deciding that the pattern wouldn't work die to the grain of the fabric, found another pattern, which was missing a piece but drafted  new one, needed them to shorten it as didn't have enough fabric and decided it needed lining. Got as far as cutting out the lining when undecided i wouldn't get it finished in time for the event I was making it for.

Black silk velvet dress.a pain to hem, I can't get the neckline to lay flat and it doesn't fit right at the waist.

Turquoise chiffon smakeskin dress.  Made as a wearable toil but a bit floaty for most uses

Blue and brown devore velvet dress.  Not sure why abandoned. But remember zip

Pink and black demin dress.  Too small. Not sure how I managed to do that as it was a pattern I had done before.

Brown and blue cotton dress. Lovely print but I wasn't happy with the pattern matching.

Brown wool jacket. Started as a semi chanel jacket. Method didn't work.

Burgundy top. Started as a recycling competition entry.  Abandoned when the competition closed.

Stretch top in blue / green.  Started two summers ago. Wanted to make a lot of ruffles. Decided though that it was more christmassy than summery and put aside for smore summer thing.  Think it uis half sewn

Black silk velvet top.  Just needs hemming?

Cotton top with skulls. Cut out but got no further.

That's 11. I really, really ought to so the cape and the velvet dress as they represent a considerable amount of money spent and would clear a lot of space. But it is more tempting to do the tops as i a have occasions to wear those.

This is all an awful waste of fabric so i must make myself finish some of them. But the husband thinks inshpuld be repairing the pockets on a pair of his jeans!

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A bit of a 'do' / Satin and velvet gown how go from draping to sewing
« on: November 16, 2018, 08:46:25 AM »
Hello,

I have been draping and tweaking this for weeks.  It is the skirt overlay for a satin dress.

My question is; having got to this stage how do I remove it from the dressform without it all falling apart.  I think i need to tack it all to a piece of gross grain ribon perhaps?



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I am about to start on a posh frock. Several metres of black satin and a couple of purple burnt velvet.  But inlessnyounstart the competition tomorrownitbwill be all cut out before you start

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Publications / Re: Tilly Walnes - ageist?
« on: October 11, 2018, 16:03:47 PM »
The last series of project runway used models of all shapes and sizes and skin tones. They were swoped around each week.  It was really interesting to see which designers embraced this and which ones blamed the shape of their model for the failure of their design.

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A bit of a 'do' / Hemming a silk velvet dress.
« on: October 08, 2018, 23:38:31 PM »
This has been in my "too difficult" ufo pile for ages because i can't get a decent hem on it.

It is above knee height at one side  going to ankle length at the other and so has all sorts of odd grain lines plus a sharp corner at the longest side.

What hints can you give me for getting a decent looking hem?


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Sewing Machines / Re: needing new machine
« on: September 28, 2018, 15:08:09 PM »
If you possibly can it is worth going to a bricks and mortar shop to try some out.  You can take some samples of the types of fabrics you usually sew and see how the various machines cope and which manufacturer's layout of controls you prefer.

It may not work out any more expensive to buy from them either: when I did  this the shop met the best internet price I could find.

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Last one.  Also self drafted.  The tulip skirt is a good shape for me.

I have an amethist pendant and earrings for this one.

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One of my favourites. This is a cool fine fabric.  I wear is with a grey pearl necklace and earrings.

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Vogue 1191.  Thus is much admired
  But not cool as the bodice is a double layer.  I also have it in black and a black nd blue floral version

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an alexander mcqueen :-)

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I always wear self-made dresses to work, generally in jersey and with a jacket dressed up with smart shoes and jewellery.

I have made several versions of the michael lots vogue v1191 that people seem to like, but I needed to Google how to raise the neckline.

Most of my others are self-drafted but with a bit of dealing around the tummy area to hide the my flab.

I have realised that most people see the fabric but not the actual structure of the dress; in the 20 years I have been re-using patterns only one person has commented on me making the same dress in a different fabric - as his mum was a seamstress.

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Sewing Professionally / Re: Curtain making
« on: May 24, 2018, 17:39:48 PM »
And not just card details to process later you need a handheld cars reader as cards can be cancelled too.

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Hello its me
« on: May 01, 2018, 14:29:10 PM »
But I emailed you!!!!!

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Fun with Fabric / Re: Loving this fabric
« on: April 29, 2018, 21:22:16 PM »
They talk about "handlooms' in the description which suggests perhaps some kind of human intervention in the manufacture.

Which to me makes the price a bargain. 

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