In my pattern cutting lesson, I have created two V neck dresses, one cut on the straight grain and one cut on the bias grain.
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| Cut on the straight grain, front view |
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| Cut on the straight grain, back view |
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| Cut on the bias grain, front view |
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| Cut on the bias grain, back view |
I felt that the dress cut on the straight grain was definitely a lot easier to complete as the dress cut on the bias grain kept stretching and twisting as I was sewing, the dress cut on the straight grain did not. I think that my dress on the straight was succesful, however the bias dress could use a bit of improvement with accurate sewing and fit, I had to unpick a lot of mistakes.
I have learnt that when sewing a dress cut on the bias grain, that you cannot pull it through the machine, you have to very gently feed it through to avoid it stretching and therefor looking mishapen.
