Now on to the fun part!

Sorry for the delay, but there are A LOT of weddings in the summer so work has been crazy... well it still is.


On with the tale...

I used a thick silk dupion as my fashion fabric and polished cotton as my lining. I wanted to mainly use natural materials for the dress, so I used a cotton thread to sew it with.

I cut lining out following the patterns I made, adding seam allowance and tracing all the darts and folding lines using a tracing wheel. Then carefully laid the lining on the fashion fabric, keeping it true to the grain.

I roughly cut around the lining pieces, leaving about an inch of the fashion fabric, I will explain why in a moment. When all the pieces was cut out I basted the fabrics together running a basting thread up and down the pieces using the basting guide from Frances Gimble's books .

After the basting I would sew a small stitch next to my sewing line, just a millimeter or 2 from it, starting with one side and slowly roll the fabric together while I continued toward the other side. I would to the bottom part last. The rolling of the fabric will insure that the outer fabric is just a little bit bigger than the lining and that should prevent some wrinkling. After all the basting is done I cut away all the excess fabric except at the bottom, as you never know.


Next time, is about sewing it together.