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Underlining a cotton voile
fabb   Advanced Beginner AB CANADA Member since 10/27/09 Posts: 360	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/14/11 8:50 PM I'm getting ready to cut Butterick 5555 in the dress. I bought a very pretty cotton/silk voile but it's quite sheer and I want to underline the bodice and skirt with a cotton broadcloth. I've never done this before and I'm not sure if it will work. Should I use a different fabric for the underlining? Thanks for any help!
drsue Beginner YT USA Member since 11/11/03 Posts: 1772	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/14/11 9:36 PM Underlining is pretty easy to do. Probably you want a cotton batiste in white or off white. Sawyer Brooks usually carries it. Cotton broad cloth will be too stiff.
MNBarb   Intermediate MN USA Member since 4/3/10 Posts: 1522	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/15/11 8:08 AM I've interlined a linen tunic and a lightweight lawn dress with this cotton batiste from Vogue Fabrics. It's super soft and easy to work with. I love how it feals against my skin. My method was just to cut the body pieces, front and back from both the fashion fabric and the bastiste, if there are darts, sew these in each fabric individually, then baste the fabrics together, wrong sides facing and treat them as one for the remainder of the construction. ------ Barb "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison "I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow." Woodrow Wilson
meleliza   Intermediate PA Member since 5/4/11 Posts: 493	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/21/12 8:22 PM I'm bumping this becasue I just fell head over heels for a beautiful cotton voile. I need a dress for an event and had New Look 6002 in mind, but voile strictly speaking is a little too light and drapy for this. I think batiste would not give me the structure needed. What if I underlined with broadcloth? Or even something like a sateen? would I still also line the dress? Probably I'd want to wear Spanx under it and I like a Bemberg lining. ------ Melanie

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