Run a line of basting stitches along the seamline on the larger piece of fabric (you can see the larger lime green fabric will be gathered onto the smaller avocado green stay in the picture below). You can do this by machine by cranking up your stitch length as high as it will go - on my machine, it is 5 mm.
Pin the two ends in place and pin the middles of the two fabrics together.
Continue to pin at equidistant intervals.
Add as many pins as is necessary to evenly distribute the fabric.
Pull up the basting stitches to gather the larger piece of fabric as tightly as possible.
Pull the ends of the smaller piece of fabric back into shape. The gathers on the larger piece of fabric should now be evenly distributed amongst the pins. Sit back and revel in your awesomeness.
P.S. The dress is done and not a moment too soon. I will be heading out in a couple of hours. Hopefully tomorrow I will have all sorts of fab photos of me rockin' out at Prom.
13 comments:
Shannon, can't wait to see photos from the prom and of your dress. I will try your technique of gathering the next time I need to gather a larger piece into a smaller piece. Thanks
I can't wait to see you in it. I love that color.
I'll have to try your version for gathers. Have a great time at prom in your awesome dress. Also, my dyslexia got the best of me when I read your title and I thought you were really posting about the card game. lol
I;ve never done it that way! Must give it a go. Have fun and don't be home late! :)
Wow! I thought I was the only person who gathered that way. Now I don't feel unique anymore. :P
Sophie
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I like your method for gathering. I have a top cut and ready to sew this afternoon and I will use your technique. Can't wait to see the dress on you!
I've never heard of this method; so thanks for sharing it. Can't wait to see the dress.
Have fun at prom, can't wait for the pics, thanks for the tutorial!
I have not tried this method for gathering. I have bookmarked this for future reference. It seems to work very well.
Great tutorial!! I linked to it on Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-creating-gathers-in-fabric/2010/05/16/
--Anne
I love your tutorial. And I'm enough of a geek to giggle madly at your title.
Thanks for sharing your technique! My gathering is always a little bit uneven, so I'm going to try this next time around.
Thanks for the instructions! I'll be working on a dress with a gathered waistband in the next few weeks, so this couldn't have come at a better time. You rock!
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