Sewing Q&A
March 2004 Sewing Q&A Index
From Our March 2004 Issue
I'm making bridemaid's dresses with a netting over-layer. Should I treat the fabrics as one when cutting and sewing? What about the hem?
Donna D.,
The answer depends on the dress style, but whatever style you select, cut the fabrics separately. If the netting fabric is slippery, pin the fabric layers together to secure or place between two layers of tissue paper, then pin and cut the pattern through all the layers.
If the dress has a simple shape with little fitting, treat the layers as two separate garments, joining them at the neck and armhole edges.
If the dress is more fitted, baste the layers of each garment piece together just outside the seamlines and treat the layers as one when sewing the darts and completing the garment. Turn up both skirt layers together and hem. Netting can irritate the skin--either line the garment or finish the seams.
For a neat seam, straight stitch the seam and then stitch a narrow, short zigzag next to the straight stitching. Neatly trim the seam allowance close to the zigzag stitching (3).
If the dress has a waistline seam, sew the skirts separately, but combine them at the waistline seam; hem the lower edges separately. Hem the netting with a rolled hem, or turn up and zigzag the edge; trim the fabric close to the stitching. If the netting brushes against the legs at the hem, finish the edges so it doesn't snag hosiery.
March 2004 Sewing Q&A Index
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