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   Teaf5 | Feb 16, 2006 01:56am | #1

   If I understand your description, the client wants the gold peeking through the black overskirt?

   Wouldn't it be easier to do a godet or inverted pleat in the skirt at the slit, using the gold as the underneath part of the pleat? With a deep inverted pleat, the gold would appear to be a separate layer behind the black, but the gold would not have to extend all the way up to the waistline, eliminating bulk there.

   Another possibility is to treat the gold as another skirt layer; that is, handling it as an underlining for the black and finishing the double layer at the waistline as a single seam allowance.

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   physicsgirl | Feb 17, 2006 10:23pm | #2

   Am I correct in assuming that the client wants a smoothly lined skirt (maybe even lined to the edge?), but not like a petticoat or godet peeking through? Is there a waist seam? If so, you could make the skirt and bodice separately... and then (as you state) "turn" them -- and then make the waist seam. Last, you could finish over the waist seam on the inside with a ribbon or strip of bias lining fabric to make this smooth to skin. Having a pattern number might be nice for others to give better suggestions...

   Have fun! I love making formal dresses!

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   sjago | Feb 18, 2006 10:11pm | #3

   Thanks for your suggestions. I didn't think about the ribbon covering the seam. That might do the trick. thanks again!