Welcome back! In Part 3, Shari continues with an in-depth look at Sewing on the Bias. We began our topic on bias-cut fabrics by demonstrating how tilting woven fabric onto the bias significantly changes the fabrics dynamics by adding flexibility, drape, and contour.
Madeleine Vionett made her name as a major fashion designer when she mastered the art of bias-cut fabrics and revolutionized women's clothing with her sleek free-flowing dress designs.
This may make you wonder why do we bother cutting fabric on the grain at all? Can we simply throw caution to the wind and start ignoring those pesky grainlines altogether? And, can bias-cut fabric be used in place of knit fabrics?
Follow along in this video as Shari experiments with these ideas.
That was such an interesting lesson! It's a treat to be invited into someone studio and watch their process for experimenting with new ideas and design concepts! The results shown with the Baseball Tee, the Not For Knits Tee, and the All Occasion Dress really helped to explain the effect that bias cut fabric has in different designs and layouts.
Once you feel a little more confident sewing with bias cut fabrics you can start trying you hand with more complicated designs such as Kimberley Tank Dress or Convergence. Doesn't Aphrodite have Madeleine Vionett written all over it?
We hope this tutorial has you thinking about how you can start using more bias-cut fabrics in your sewing projects. In our next tutorial, we're going to look at some interesting ways embellish your garments with bias cut fabric. See you next time!
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Pamela W
September 17, 2024
I’m impressed by how perfectly the checks on the skirt matched up on the center front seam. I still struggle with that for stripes and plaids. I know we’ve had a topic on stripes, but a topic on matching plaids or checks and other structures prints would be a lovely idea for a future topic.