I've always used Stich 'n' Tear. It's not iron-on. You cut a strip and lay it in the seam and sew through it, then tear away from both sides of the seam. Works lilke a charm. It's especially good when lining velvet with satin, which do not like to play nicely together otherwise. And it's heavy enough to stay in place and not tear before you're ready, like during pinning.
Glad the tissue worked for you, Penny. I just thought I'd add this observation to the list MaggiRos Maggie Secara ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 ISBN 978-0-9818401-0-9 Available at http://elizabethan.org/compendium/paperback.html See our gallery at http://www.zazzle.com/popinjaypress On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:28 AM, Penny Ladnier <pe...@costumegallery.com>wrote: > Many, many thanks to everyone who gave advice about working with organza. > I tried the painter's tape method. My son is a painter and all we had in > the house was expensive blue tape...it is supposed to stick better. It > worked too well. It had leftover bits of tape in the seam that I had to > pull out with tweezers. Maybe the cheap-o tape would work better. > > Next I used the tissue paper that you put in gift bags. This worked like a > charm. At Joann's I bought tissue paper the same color as the dress. So if > I left paper in the seam, it didn't show. I only had this happen once when > I did a seam finish. > > The dress was beautiful! Thanks again! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
