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From: nosheteria
Date: 04-05-2005, 11:44 PM (1 of 6)
| I am sewing a very basic/first time dress. It is a Very Easy Vogue pattern #7749. The dress has darts, which I am fine with, but then the pattern has included 3 stays, to be sewn on the inside of the dress. I am not even really sure what a stay is, let alone how to sew one in. Any advice? I'd greatly appreciate it. |
User: nosheteria
Member since: 04-05-2005 Total posts: 3 |
From: paroper
Date: 04-06-2005, 08:34 AM (2 of 6)
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Wow! Those are done with stays? Well, look for boning. Stays are like the up and down insets in corsets. There are several kinds. Some are metal, thin plastic, thick plastic with ribbing. My favorite has a fabric seam on each side and you can just sew on that seam. You can buy it by the yard in packages or off the bolt. I prefer to buy off the bolt because it curls and I don't like it when it is tightly rolled. When you get to the top, you trim the inside (stay) shorter than the fabric covering and then fold the covering over so that the stay is enclosed. That keeps it from poking so bad and gives you something to sew. Also make sure that the top of the actual stay is rounded, not square. Many people do the trimming with nail clippers.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: nosheteria
Date: 04-06-2005, 11:31 AM (3 of 6)
| This stay is just a piece of fabric, the same fabric as the dress. So is the stay just added security for the dart? |
User: nosheteria
Member since: 04-05-2005 Total posts: 3 |
From: Magot
Date: 04-06-2005, 11:45 AM (4 of 6)
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As Pam said, stay are like boning in a corset. Looking at your patterns I'm not convinced it has stays as such - they are not mentioned in the requirements - but it does say that the darts are topstitched down. MInd you it doesn't tell you on the bit you can read that you need a zip either - it will be int the notions section of the back of the envelope if you need boning - maybe called rigelene. Can you type out the instructions from the pattern regarding the stays and we would probably then be able to help.
love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
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From: paroper
Date: 04-06-2005, 11:47 AM (5 of 6)
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I'm sorry, I was wrong about this one. The darts are a very prominent design feature of this dress. I don't know then unless it is to "bulk up" the dart so that it shows more although it will also support the darts. A dart doesn't normally need reinforcement unless it is in something that would sag or is very tight (which this is not). The fabrics that are recommended for this dress are stable, so I think this is just a unique design feature.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: MariLynnTX
Date: 04-08-2005, 05:24 PM (6 of 6)
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"Stay" is one of those words that has 2 meanings...well, actually I am talking about the 2 meanings it has in sewing. In reality, it has about 4 meanings in the dictionary and ordinary usage. But in sewing it can mean a seam reinforced with boning (it used to be always made of whalebone, but now you can get flexible, lightweight metal boning) or it can be a strip of fabric used to help keep the shape of the garment. For instance, in puffed sleeves there is sometimes a stay, a short piece of fabric folded and 1/2inch wide, stitched to the shoulder line at the top of the sleeve and to the band or binding at the lower edge of the sleeve. It keeps the puff from collapsing. Also it may be a piece of fabric about 1/2 inch wide that reinforces a dart. It can also be a strip of fabric backing up the folds or gathers at certain types of necklines so that they are not spreading beyond where you want them to be, or a strip at a waistline. So it is exactly what it is called, a "stay," to make your fabric stay in place. If your fabric is not sheer, the stay may be twill tape. (you can tell I taught sewing classes!) MariLynntx
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