Enjoy your videos. Very detailed, which is very helpful. Also the camera work is good. Perfect timing! Just got my granddaughters bridesmaids dress to change from small to extra small. I have worked in a bridal and dance custom shop and sewn for six decades, but not so much the last ten years. The dress is well made; however, the brand has covered the plastic boning with lining side seam allowance and sewn …through… the plastic boning on the side seam. Impossible to pick out! Finally used a razor, but still nearly impossible. So, appreciating your placement of boning. …..Just a side note from experience and classes. Claire Schaefer instructed to run threads through bees wax and then ironing the thread before hand work. Been doing this for many years…no thread tangles. Also, the custom bridal shop always left one inch hem allowance and side seams, clipped just half way allowing for alterations especially on bridesmaids dresses. One more thing, I struggled on your site to find the proper sequence of posts, nevertheless, I found them at the perfect time. Tomorrow, on that bridesmaid dress, should go a little easier. Thanks for your excellent videos and good luck with your sewing business.
Thank you for watching and for your thoughtful feed back. You defiantly have a wealth of knowledge to share, considering experience. The way non-custom dress are constructed can make it very difficult to alter. But that's what happens in the industry when garments are made on a mass produced level. I've used beeswax before and it definitely stops the thread tangles but I always worry about getting the wax residue on the expansive fabrics I'm working with, so I deal with the tangles. I agree about the clipping but when I'm making a custom piece, I want clip all the way yo the stitching so I can get the most contour out of the seam as possible, giving perfect fit. I need to organize my videos better, but on most series like this one, I do have all the videos linked, in order in the discretion below the video. Thank you again for watching and sharing your experiences with us!
Enjoy your videos. Very detailed, which is very helpful. Also the camera work is good. Perfect timing! Just got my granddaughters bridesmaids dress to change from small to extra small. I have worked in a bridal and dance custom shop and sewn for six decades, but not so much the last ten years. The dress is well made; however, the brand has covered the plastic boning with lining side seam allowance and sewn …through… the plastic boning on the side seam. Impossible to pick out! Finally used a razor, but still nearly impossible. So, appreciating your placement of boning. …..Just a side note from experience and classes. Claire Schaefer instructed to run threads through bees wax and then ironing the thread before hand work. Been doing this for many years…no thread tangles. Also, the custom bridal shop always left one inch hem allowance and side seams, clipped just half way allowing for alterations especially on bridesmaids dresses. One more thing, I struggled on your site to find the proper sequence of posts, nevertheless, I found them at the perfect time. Tomorrow, on that bridesmaid dress, should go a little easier. Thanks for your excellent videos and good luck with your sewing business.
Thank you for watching and for your thoughtful feed back. You defiantly have a wealth of knowledge to share, considering experience. The way non-custom dress are constructed can make it very difficult to alter. But that's what happens in the industry when garments are made on a mass produced level. I've used beeswax before and it definitely stops the thread tangles but I always worry about getting the wax residue on the expansive fabrics I'm working with, so I deal with the tangles. I agree about the clipping but when I'm making a custom piece, I want clip all the way yo the stitching so I can get the most contour out of the seam as possible, giving perfect fit. I need to organize my videos better, but on most series like this one, I do have all the videos linked, in order in the discretion below the video. Thank you again for watching and sharing your experiences with us!