Did not get a lot done yesterday. I thought I'd work on the dress in the morning and then take a nap in the afternoon. Instead I fell asleep around 8:30 am and slept until 11. Then sat around feeling indolent and out of sorts most of the afternoon. I did work on some techie things but didn't get anything resolved.
I started sewing late in the afternoon. That lace is really hard to work with. I like to think of myself as fairly experience at sewing, but I guess not so much as I hardly ever deal with unusual or difficult fabrics. This stuff is crazy. It shifts all over the place, and the weight of the presser foot makes it stretch out and unravel. I solved that problem by setting the presser foot on "baste," hardly any pressure, but now the lace doesn't want to move forward on its own. It gets stuck in the machine unless I pull the fabric through by hand.
All I got done was zigzagging the edges, and I was exhausted. I felt like I had been working in the garden for hours, not sitting in front of my sewing machine. So I guess it didn't matter than I started so late; I wouldn't have accomplished much more anyway.
The next step will be assembling the silk underdress, which should be much easier. I decided to go with lining instead of underlining, because I need the lining to cover the raw edges of the lace. Even with the edges being zigzagged I don't think it will hold up to wear without unraveling.
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I've only worked with lace once or twice, but I ended up using the little roller foot that came with my machine and it made life a lot easier.
I don't have a roller foot but I do have a teflon foot. I'll see if that helps. Thanks for the tip!
let me know if there's anything i can do to help get you through the project in time!