Working with Organza and Taffeta can be tough!
Here is how I have managed so far:
Making your own wedding dress can be made easy if you choose a simple pattern and a fabric that is easy to work with. For my dress, I knew I was in for a hard time because the dress of my dreams is made of taffeta and organza; two very slippery fabrics. I did some research to find some tips and tricks before I started my actual dress. Here are some helpful websites I found:
I also found a lot of tips for organza which included:
- Buy a big cutting mat or have a large area for cutting
- Use a Rotary cutter if possible or at least very sharp scissors
- Use heavy objects to hold the fabric down while you are cutting and measuring.
- Pin, Pin, Pin!!! and use basting stitches
After I did a practice run gathering the taffeta, I cut a new taffeta piece and a matching organza piece for the outside of the dress. I pinned the pieces together very carefully and did stay stitches along the top and sides of the fabric before I moved on to gathering them.
I used heavy objects.
And I pinned like crazy before stitching.
I was also super careful to keep the fabric even as I stitched. I started with a large straight stitch on three sides of my large rectangular pieces.
After I did the stay stitches, I measured to find where I wanted the gathers and marked the wrong side of the fabric for reference. I did not do the gathers straight down the sides because I want my gown to be fitted with one seam in the back. I added three tapered rows of large straight stitches to each side for gathering. The tapering went in from the top toward the waist area and back out from the waist to hip area making it so that when I put the zipper in, the dress will be fitted all around.
That is all I have for today!
Side note: I found out this weekend that somebody that was once a daily part of my life passed away. I still considered this person a friend even though it had been a while since I had seen her and it was very hard news to hear. It still hasn't really sunk in as reality. When someone is not part of everyday it just seems so unreal when they leave this world especially when they are young and the death is unexpected. I was thinking of this person just a couple days before I found out about her passing away and I regret that I didn't even consider calling or even just texting her. I encourage everyone to keep in touch with the people you care about because you really do not know when it could be your last chance to do so. -R.I.P. Jaime Burnett your beautiful and fun loving soul will forever be missed.
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