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[theladyrebecca]

Oh, silk organza, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways:

1. You rip on the grain in both directions.
2. You dye to the perfect color in about 10 seconds.
3. You are crisp and beautiful
4. You wash easily and dry fast.
5. You are silk, but you are inexpensive!

Basically, other than fraying and attempting to cut anything other than straight lines, you might be my favorite.

So anyway, the three gathered tiers on my skirt are going to be silk organza. I have already dyed it, and I had just about enough yardage to be able to use selvage edges for all my hems. I might roll-hem the gathered side that I'm attaching to my skirt - I haven't decided yet if just putting the edge underneath the ruffle will protect it enough or not.

The problem, though, is that I can't get the ruched look I want with roll-hemmed (or probably any hem) organza. So I think maybe I need to use tulle? I need something very light, airy, and sheer, which can be significantly gathered, and doesn't need to be hemmed. This part does not need to be dyed, so that may make that part easier. Any suggestions?

But back to the silk organza. Does anyone have any idea if it will work for the underside of my train? Honestly, the only place I'll be able to let it down will probably be the CoCo red carpet. Because otherwise trains are just asking for a disaster.

Look how perfectly this dyed! Yep, that's why you can hardly see it!



Also, I blew up the corset pattern that mala_14 shared to my post the other day, and printed it at a 3 pg x 3 pg scale, and I think it might work really close to perfectly. The bust gussets are enormous, and I'm a little worried it might be short waisted as it goes around the side of the body, but otherwise the measurements seem pretty darn good. So I'm planning to create a mockup with no alterations except the bust gussets, and see how that works. It's weird, but I'm actually kind of excited to make another corset now.

Comments

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

Didn't Katherine make a ruffly underskirt in white for her train once? A balayeuse or something?

[theladyrebecca.livejournal.com]

Out of silk organza?

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

I couldn't remember so I found it. :) It's Swiss organdy and voile, according to her site:
http://www.koshka-the-cat.com/spring_garden.html

Jen also talks about having a balayeuse a little bit here:
http://www.festiveattyre.com/2013/09/natural-form-skirt-supports.html

[theladyrebecca.livejournal.com]

I'm not talking about a balayeuse though, this is the actual underside of the train.

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I'm pretty tired so I'm not explaining this well. Basically my thought process was if you were to have a balayeuse, you wouldn't need to line the train at all, or if you did it could be in white or a lighter color without really showing up oddly. I wouldn't use organza to line a train if it were going to be in contact with the floor, since while it's strong for its weight, it's still a sheer, thin fabric. It would be good for flatlining if your train needed more body, but would need to be protected from the floor in any case.

[theladyrebecca.livejournal.com]

OK, that's kind of what I figured about the organza. Do you have any fabric recommendations for the underside of the train, which would be inexpensive and dye easily? I'm not using a balayeuse for this, because there's none shown in the portrait.

[ktlovely.livejournal.com]

For a combination of inexpensive + dye easily (or at least potentially end up the same color as your original silk) I would look into habotai. It's not my first pick (which is self fabric) but it's much less expensive than more taffeta. It also has shine to it like you mentioned. It won't necessarily add much body, but you could potentially interline with organdy or net?