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I am making a cut velvet( less than 50% coverage of velvet, this is basically a sheer fabric) dress with a crepe back satin lining. I’ve assumed I would treat each layer seperatly. In that case I wondered how to minimize the seams at the neckline and armhole( sleeveless) so they do not show thru the sheer velvet.
But now I have begun to wonder if I should underline the cut velvet with the crepe back satin and treat it as one fabric? There is some princess seaming in the skirt and I worry about it hanging correctly if I do it this way.
Can anyone offer some help or suggestions in this? Thank you!!
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One thing you could do is to treat the satin as a lining (make seams separately) then attach it to the velvet at the neckline and armhole and bind them with bias cut from the lining, or you could use the regular facing.
*Could you get hold of an uncut velvet the same colour as the cut one? that would make an elegant binding, perhaps piping with silk in a complementary colour, or use two silks to pipe and bind? I sense this is a rather special dress - I would always use real silk in such circumstances.Unless you underline the whole thing the seams are always going to show somewhat, but underlining would give a different, rather heavier feel and it would look like a different fabric, not the sheer floaty one you chose. Its a matter of deciding which is the lesser evil.
*THANK YOU for your great suggestions.I've agonized over this for several days and after making several samples, I've decided to underline the bodice only and then line it with the same fabric as the underlining. The design will not suffer from a little extra body in the bodice.Wish me luck! Thanks again!
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