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   stillsuesew | Jan 13, 2010 01:58pm | #1

   Could you release it from the zipper and see if it hangs properly? Are you sure you have trimmed and clipped the seams around the neckline as much as you should? If you cannot get it to hang correctly, perhaps you can cut away much of the lining and turn it into facings and wear the slip.

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   helenj | Jan 13, 2010 03:17pm | #2

   Thanks Sue, I haven't
   Thanks Sue, I haven't stitched the lining to the zipper... I still wore the dress, there were just a few evidences of pulling around the neck, something must have stretched..... thanks, helen

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   Josefly | Jan 13, 2010 11:10pm | #3

   I like to make cotton garments, too, for our summer climate. You might consider underlining, instead of lining. I like to use a very lightweight cotton batiste; silk organza also makes a good underlining for cotton. The underlining gives the cotton more body, so it doesn't go all limp in the heat and humidity, and reduces wrinkling as well as any straining at the seams in a slim skirt, for example. I've found I don't need to wear a slip with some of my batiste-underlined things, and the underlining, while giving body, doesn't make them any hotter to wear. Since you're putting the two layers together, and treating them as one when seaming the sections together, it's simpler than lining.

   Of course, pre-wash both fashion fabric and underlining fabric, first.