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The Emporia => In the wardrobe => Topic started by: Ellabella on June 09, 2017, 00:27:25 AM
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I have made a simple halter necked dress several times for DD.
It is designed for wovens and I have used firm cottons and drapy viscose, and the results have always been fine.
She wants me to make it again for a summer wedding and has presented me with a fine knit. The colours are lovely and she has fallen in love with the fabric.
My idea is to use a fine woven cotton as a lining for the skirt and I was thinking of mounting the knit fabric on the same woven fabric to stabilize it for the bodice.
Am I going in the right direction or barking up entirely the wrong tree.
The dress has a self lined bodice attached to the skirt and it has an elastic waist.
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Hmm, if you try to underline the bodice with a stable woven fabric I think you might end up with the same difficulties I had with my dress to impress (http://thesewingplace.org.uk/index.php/topic,818.15.html). I had everything nice and flat on the table and basted all the pieces together before assembling the dress but once it was all sewn together, put on a hanger and hung vertically the outer layer of lace stretched very slightly whist the stable organza layer didn't :o
I made several little tweeks around the neck and ends of the sleeves and it OKish but not perfect. I think the diamanté belt will distract a little from the waist seam.
By all means use the woven fabric for the skirt lining, especiallyif it is a full skirt, but be wary of using it as underlining for the bodice.
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Brenda is right, depending on the weight and stretch of your knit, there is a danger that it will hang differently than the cotton.
If I was doing it, I would buy some cheap stuff with similar properties and try it out as a toile, because you may find that the fit is also different.
Jessie
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I made a dress recently from a pattern that I used before with a cotton fabric - this time I used a faux leather which had a bit of a stretch and the bodice was massive.
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Samantha is right too.
If you use a stretch fabric with a pattern designed for woven you need to reduce the ease and/or make a size smaller.
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I don't think I'd want to do this. I think you will have massive problems. Could you find a similar pattern drafted for knits?