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I made a simple bias-cut skirt out of a light rayon as a test before making it out of silk chiffon. It looks great on the hanger, but when I try it on, the seams along the hips ripple. Does anyone have any sugesstions about what may be wrong?
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Sometimes that happens when you stretch the fabric - even slightly! - as you sew the seam. Hope this helps!
*Becca - I wonder if you have a simple fitting problem that is showing up strangely because of the bias seams. I recently took a workshop from Marcy Tilton on sewing bias-cut clothes and she told us to use wide (1 1/2") seams and to actually stretch the fabric slightly when sewing the seams. They should "shrink" into shape when pressed. Then let the garment hang for a day or two and try it on. The tendency is for the skirt to get longer and skinnier as it hangs due to the bias stretching as it hangs. I wonder if your skirt got smaller as as the bias hung out, and it is now a little too small but showing up as seam ripples because of the nature of the bias. Try pulling it up when you try it on and see if the ripples disappear when there is more room around your waist/hip area. Tell me what happens.
*Hi becca, fiyo is prob'ly onto something. Sandra Betzina did show #419 on bias sewing. She mentioned the same thing that fiyo did, but showed that when sewing, instead of having her hands in front & behind the presser foot, one was in front & the other hand was in front & to the left of the foot so that the direction of "pull" was diagonal but exactly along the grainline. This way, the "pull" doesn't stretch the edge of seam allowance into warping. G'luck. rose
*Hi becca, fiyo is prob'ly onto something. Sandra Betzina did show #419 on bias sewing. She mentioned the same thing that fiyo did, but showed that when sewing, instead of having her hands in front & behind the presser foot, one was in front & the other hand was in front & to the left of the foot so that the direction of "pull" was diagonal but exactly along the grainline. This way, the "pull" doesn't stretch the edge of seam allowance into warping. G'luck. rose
*Hi becca, fiyo is prob'ly onto something. Sandra Betzina did show #419 on bias sewing. She mentioned the same thing that fiyo did, but showed that when sewing, instead of having her hands in front & behind the presser foot, the right hand was in front & the left hand was in front & to the left of the foot so that the direction of "pull" was diagonal but exactly along the grainline. This way, the "pull" doesn't stretch the edge of seam allowance into warping. G'luck. rose
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