Leave your fear of sewing with chiffon behind as this tutorial offers tips and tricks to working with this delicate fabric. WEBSITE: www.professorpincushion.com BLOG: www.professorpincushion.com/p...
The tissue paper is genius! I work at a fabric store and cutting chiffon is hard enough so I’ve been a bit intimidated to try sewing with it 😂 I might try now though, thank you for your tips! Also, not sure if anyone else has mentioned it, but serrated scissors help with cutting chiffon as they help grip the fabric and keep it from sliding out of the scissors.
Just added flutter sleeves to my bridesmaid dress - can't tell you how grateful I am for the tips and tricks in here. Plus I learned a few new skills! I don't think I'd have had the confidence to try this project without your video.
I use examination paper for stabilizing the chiffon, works great. I also use wax paper to create pattern pieces that are to be cut on the fold line, making the “new” pattern piece that will now be laid out in its entirety, this is also great when matching plaids.
This is really helpful!! I’m working on a dress for homecoming with a satin bodice and a chiffon skirt and was unsure how to hem it without the fabric puckering or looking too bulky but this explained it really well, thank you!
This is one of the best tutorials on anything I've ever watched. I'm a novice sewer, but I followed everything on this video and the related videos and I was able to make a simple chiffon skirt without any problems. It took a lot of extra time to use the tissue and do the French seams, but the results were totally worth it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to watching your other videos and sewing more.
I learned to sew with a 9 needle on tissue paper from sewing with Nancy a lady who had a show on sat on pbs tv in the 70s. Now we have you on RU-vid. We also have new stuff tailors tack and thin quilter pics which are thinner to use, rather than regular pins. We have so much now and thank you
Thank you so much for this tutorial. It's a life saver. I'm making my daughter's bridesmaid dresses and have to do vest top tailored for three girls. The tissue paper makes so much difference. It's worth ever minute taking the extra time with preparing the fabric. Thank you so much
Thank you! I purchased chiffon last night to make scarves for the first time. I asked the ladies at the cutting counter what I needed to do to sew this fabric. They didn't really know, but I knew someone on youtube would have the answers :-) After watching this, I can move forward with my project.
@@ProfessorPincushion Oh, that chiffon showed me who was boss! I will wait to do my project with my sewing mentor. I also think the cutting done at the cutting counter was a little bit wonky.
Very good tips here. I just recently hemmed a friend's Mother of the Groom dress that had an outer chiffon layer. Thank goodness for my rolled hem foot!
Absolutely perfect! I needed to hem the bedraggled bottome edge of my wife's vintage Edwardian dress, and was nervous about sewing this flimsy fabric on my machine. The tissue paper trick and rolled hem info was just what I needed. Thanks!
I bought a very inexpensive and modest wedding dress made with a lot of chiffon. I’m trying to alter it myself as I have some sewing experience. Thank you for the great tips! My plan is to creat an open back on it. I’m hoping all goes well!
Use a soldering iron to seal edges of chiffon after cutting out pieces - it makes sewing easier. Tissue paper & stabilizer helps keep the fabric from being pulled down into the dogfeed. In tying threads, pull up last loop (bobbin) thread to the same side as top thread then tie twice for a flat laying knot - no more edge knots ...
Exactly how you would do it(using a soldering iron, i mean)? pressing it quickly to the edge or just hovering around maybe? And then, afterwards the iron would be covered in all this polyester
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I love you for posting this. I'm a designer who is currently working on my new collection samples and I'm working with chiffon and these tips are great. Thanks a million
This was fabulous! Unfortunately, it's also a week too late. I made my niece's Elsa dress last week and cursed the chiffon cape and top. The trick of sewing with the tissue paper would've been a life saver. But, it'll be good for the next project. Thanks, again!
hi dear i am new sister with box had a beautiful exprerience watching your video which is so beautiful,very well explained everything beautiful sharing Best wishes for you dear lk
Do you still use stay stitching on around your fabric before putting together? Could you use a zig zag stitch from keeping it from fraying? thank you so much
I have a beautiful pale pink beaded sweater that is far too short....i want to add a chiffon layer to the hem, lagenlook style. Can anyone direct me to a tutorial? x
Am I the only one ironing my pattern tissue before I cut my pin, & cut my fabric? And I would question not using tissue to make a full pattern piece, not placed on a fold, and such. Micro amount ts 1/16 or 1/32 of an inch off can cause fit problems if incorrectly cut. I agree, great instruction & video.
What stabilizer would you use for a silk chiffon back invisible zipper? I have it lined with a silk Habotai, but not sure if it is needed or should use organza. I do not want the zipper to be wavy or buckle.
gunnermccaw I just use my regular everyday presser foot. You can purchased a rolled hem foot specific to your machine. Once you get the hang of using them, it'll make rolled hems a lot easier
hi there--this tutorial is super helpful except I need help in one department! I want to make a chiffon skirt with no hem seam line on an elastic band (so it seems like one circle) I could do it like a circle skirt however I worry about creasing and pinches...do you know how?
yes, you can make a full circle skirt without having a seam, as long as your pattern isn't bigger than the width of the fabric. Obviously, the shorter the skirt, the more likely you'll be able to do this. I do something similar in our tulle skirt tutorial so I recommend checking it out and I talk about layout. www.professorpincushion.com/professorpincushion/tulle-skirt/
Thank you for the explanation. One thing I couldn't understand is why when I am doing a 5/8" seam, I need to sew a 3/8" seam, trim the raw edge about 1/8" edge, flip the fabric and press, then sew 1/4" seam again(timeline 7:30). I understand that 3/8" + 1/4" = 5/8", but how do I determine these numbers by myself? What if I want 1/2" seam, or 1/4" seam? Just make it smaller then my desired seam? Also, I am unfamiliar with some of the tools you mentioned in this video, would you please list them? Thank you again!
Hey Professor Pincushion! Quick question will this work with sheer polyester fabric? I bought a nice flowy sheer 3 yards to make a kimono. But not sure how to sew it because the only dges will fray. Help!
+Anjong You should be able to, but since chiffon is kind of a pain in the neck, especially when you're working on the edge, maybe spray it with some spray starch to make it more manageable and easier. Once you're finished with your hem, you can just wet it to remove the starch. Hope this helps :)
Dear professor Pincushion. I have a question, I hope you could help me or someon around here. I have a top with a deep neck line, I want to avoid my breast popping out. I want sew in the v-Neckline a see though fabric, which one do you recomend?
any fabric that is see through, is going to be something like chiffon which isn't very breathable. I don't know if this is for something fancy or something like a tshirt. But if it's something fancier, I would think chiffon would be a good choice as it's softer than organza.
I’m making a chiffon chemise to line a crocheted skirt on a christening gown and was biting my nails in trying to figure out how to work with this fabric. I feel a bit more confident now, thank you
Professor Pincushion so far I’m doing ok with it. I got it cut out, gathered and the side seam stitched. The next step is to do a rolled hem on my serger then whip stitch it onto the bodice. To gather it I used the cording foot and used two strands of crochet thread to zigzag over and drew it up to the needed waist measurement. One that was done I zigzagged over the gathers to lock them into position.
+Christopher Nettles you can probably use most of these tips for silk tulle. Just check the care instructions to see if it's washable before using something like spray starch to help stabilize it.
Hi! I like your video it helps me a lot but I still have a question. How do you attach chiffon to a strech fabric? I plan to sew a long skirt from chiffon but as a maternity skirt and I want to add ribbing fabric as the waist to make the skirt extra comfortable.
You have to make the waistline of the chiffon big enough to get over the biggest part of your waist. Then you make your ribbed waistband the same size of your waist so it's fitted. Then divide both the fitted waistband and the chiffon skirt waistline into fourths by putting in 4 straight pins to mark these areas. Pin the two pieces together at these points. When you sew them together, you'll stretch the ribbed waistband to fit the chiffon skirt between the pins. What will happen is that the chiffon will look gather when skirt is relaxed but be able to stretch when you want to put it on. If the last part is confusing, you can watch this video where I do something similar. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fO5bMrhCnRo.html
So I went to Joann fabrics and asked them what type of needle do I use for the chiffon fabric. They handed me 80/12. I didnt really read it til i got home but the label says denim. So i still use these needles or go and exchange them?
+Debbie Chittick If you have a serger, you can sew a seam and finished the raw edges at the same time. The seam will be finished closed but that's fine.
what settings do you recommend setting your sewing machine on when sewing with chiffon It looks clean but when i put it on it doesnt lay flat, it has a little wave
Very helpful learning the 'french seam'. Ive sewed with chiffin in the past and its usually ruin with frays hanging everywhere after 1 to 2 wears. Thank you! Also could you use a rolled hem presser foot in place of your hem here? Also this is so unrelated but what brand of nail covering are you using?...very pretty
Hello. I trying to make some bows with chiffon with long trails that need to flow as much as chiffon would, but the stitching itself is weighing down the fabric a lot and it doesn't flow well. I was thinking of gluing the hems rather than sewing them, but I'm not sure.
+TastyCinnamonrolls hmmm....instead of doing a rolled or regular hem, maybe just finish the raw edges with an overcast or overlock stitch. This will keep the fabric from fraying and it should add minimum weight to the edges.
I have dry cleaned my chiffon dress that had fine pleats in it from the shoulder to the waist. Is there any way I can put them back in? Un suggestions welcome
unfortunately, it probably won't be the same even with pressing, especially if it's a polyester chiffon because it can't handle a high heat from an iron :(
Polyester will stay in the same shape if you first apply heat, then cool it off (I once made 3D shapes by tying polyester chiffon around XL marbles, boiling the fabric, then cooling it while still tied around the marbles). Of course, you can't boil, a dress, but you could try this: 1) using thin thread, baste the pleats in place. 2) sandwich the pleats between two wet pressing cloths and press for at least 30 seconds (not too hot, but with a thicker pressing cloth you can probably get away with a slightly hotter iron than indicated for poly) 3) QUICKLY cool down the pleats (put bags of frozen peas or hot/cold pads on the cloth after pressing). 4) dry flat with pleats still basted in 5) carefully remove basted stitches. NOTES: I can"t guarantee that it will work, of course, but if you would otherwise not wear the dress anymore, it's worth a try! ALso, if the fabric is silk, don't do this. The heat will probably ruin the fabric. Finally, you can also try it without the ice, but make sure you put something heavy and flat on the pleats to keep them in place. For future reference: polyester that has been pressed (ie set with heat) should be washed on cold (delicate cycle). If your washing machine has an agitator, you'll have to handwash it. Hang up to dry on a hanger immediately after washing (no soaking) and the pleats should be preserved. If the pleats are not as crisp as they were, you can press them (use a pressing cloth!) while the garment is still wet. Lots of steam.
Professor Pincushion Hmmm. I really need to avoid a visible hem. I have heard of using fraycheck but I worry if the chiffon gets wrinkled then even with a low set iron I won't be able to fix it. I have also seen people use a zigzag stitch over the side, but I worry about its durability. What do you think about these methods?
Great video, as usual. Tissue paper, nice! I used washable markers for the tabs and that actually worked well. Side note: Craftsy commercial before your video tried to discourage people from watching your video, and instead going to their website and paying for classes. Boo hiss on Craftsy! How tacky.
Hello thanks for your tips - you mention fabric sealant - I've been unable to find this anywhere, what is it, does it have another name, where could I find it online? Thanks
Melanie Maguire Yup, I use fray check: www.joann.com/dritz-bonus-pack-fray-check-3-4-oz-each-2-pkg/5731120.html?mkwid=Iiw3hW3R|dc&Shopping+-+Sewing&CS_003=10131488&CS_010=%5BProductId%5D&gclid=CNjepPzNpcICFYZbfgodADIAJg You want to test it on a sample piece though because some people don't like it. Clear nail polish might also work too in a pinch.
if it were me, and the hole wasn't too big, I would carefully apply fray check around the hole to keep the area from fraying any further. trim off any strands and then carefully hand sew the hole closed with matching color thread. It might not be perfect, but it'll probably be hard to notice if you're not looking for it.
Sonny Koufax I'm talking about how to do a french seam so that the raw edges are enclosed and no raw edges are showing. We actually have a more indepth tutorial on how to do one here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9zhGWD0NI5g.html sorry for the confusion and I hope this helps :)
with a solid color, it's pretty impossible to tell so I wouldn't stress out about this. But some chiffons have a design or embossing on it and it's more obvious.
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