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   suesew | Apr 29, 2005 03:20am | #1

   You are in luck with all those buttons. You have to lift all three layers at one time and in one place, maybe more. I would hide a ribbon loop toward the bottom and reinforce a few buttons for them to hang the bustle on. Trial and error are how you figure out where to put the loop and how far to lift it. If the dress is quite fitted and narrow the lower the whole thing will have to be. If the dress is full and heavy you will want to hang it much higher, maybe all the way to the waist. Also if the skirt is full you will probably need more than one loop - usually an uneven number - one in the middle and then one or more on each side.

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   woody6 | Apr 29, 2005 06:07am | #2

   Thank you for your help.   I "fiddled" with the skirt and the inside hanging loops today and know what you mean about trial and error being the way to proceed.  I tried sewing a satin covered button inside on a seam for the heaviest part of the dress, hanging it from a loop in center back a bit above the inside hem.  Perhaps the two side loops might hang easily from the buttons down the back of the dress.  Again thanks for the technical help.  woody6

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   SewTruTerry | Apr 29, 2005 05:07pm | #3

   You may also find that opening a seam and sewing a ribbon loop behind the seam on the dress for during the ceremony and then passing it through the opening in the seam for the reception will work quite nicely. I did this for a client once and it worked quite well as this allowed the train to drape better and added a design detail.

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   woody6 | Apr 29, 2005 10:39pm | #4

   Great idea, Terry.  Thank you, it might work well on this gown.