before I begin...
Yay, I finally got my copy of Cut of Women's Clothes from the library! I am hoping to convince my friend to make dresses together since it seems so simple, but I had some questions first.
Specific to Cut of Women's Clothes:
Specific to Cut of Women's Clothes:
- I am assuming I need to cut two each of the sleeve and the larger pattern piece? It seems fairly obvious that I would, really just looking for confirmation.
- Is the little rectangle ABCD a shoulder strap?
- Is there something particular that should be done to the sleeves where they attach to the dress in order to make them gather? I am still not very handy with my ruffle foot on my machine, so any advice on hand gathering would be appreciated. Or is it just the simple sew long stitches across and pull fabric along threads?
- Do people general make their dresses with multiple layers or am I just seeing slips/regular chemises underneath the dresses?
- I am debating making it two layers and having the bottom one be another color to peek through while I dance. I am assuming that I cut it exactly the match the chemise dress pattern and then just sew them as one, but I'm not sure if I want to have the front of the overdress be left open from the waist down or sewn closed. What do people think?
- Have people had luck using elastic instead of drawstrings? I don't like the idea of having a tight thread digging into my skin while I move, but want to make sure there's not going to be some tragic flaw if I use elastic.