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Spent 8 hours trying to get a corset mockup to lay flat
I mean, I was using the wrong interfacing for the coutil, a medium weight when it needed a super stiff one. Has anyone else had a fabric just refuse to cooperate for that long?
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murphy.mason2mo ago
That "fabric just refuse to cooperate" feeling is the worst. It's like what @allen.kai said, sometimes the material wins. For corsets, I've found the boning channel placement can fight you just as much as the interfacing, pulling everything out of shape if they're even a little off grain.
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allen.kai2mo ago
I spent a solid weekend fighting with a wool coat that just would not hang right. Turns out my entire shoulder seam allowance was off by a quarter inch. The fabric won, I had to walk away.
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tara6422mo ago
Quarter inch off in a shoulder seam is brutal with heavy fabric. That tiny error gets magnified down the whole front and back. I had a similar fight with a linen blazer where the sleeve cap ease was just wrong. You can press and steam all day, but the drag lines won't quit until you pick the seam. Sometimes the only fix is to admit defeat, cut new pieces, and start that section over.
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cole_baker1mo ago
That whole 'fabric won' moment hits hard. What finally clicked for me was basting the shoulder seam by hand first, trying the garment on, then adjusting before I ever hit the machine. Saved me from having to rip out stitches on heavy wool more than once. Have you tried that trick?
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