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My love and quest for perfect lingerie began a few months ago. \u00a0I made this stretch gauze dress. \u00a0I love it! \u00a0But, fewer people probably loved seeing my undergarments. \u00a0LOL \u00a0Just kidding, I rigged some undergarments to make the dress “work” for the event. \u00a0Thank goodness it was not anything like an 8 hour workday. \u00a0A friend who was also at the same event mentioned not being able to find a slip either. Nothing quite like perfectly fitting lingerie. \u00a0My mind ultimately went where every seamstress’ mind goes, “I can make that!” \u00a0This lead to a Pinterest<\/a> board, a research frenzy, and an impromptu purchase of fabric at an actual store instead of online. The best lingerie fabric is not found locally for me.<\/p>\n

I picked up some Tricot<\/a>\u00a0and a couple of patterns. \u00a0I was very excited to get started. \u00a0In case you didn’t know, it’s best not to wash lingerie fabric prior to sewing. \u00a0Which worked out great for me! \u00a0I was kind of anxious to get started. \u00a0I learned one thing really fast. \u00a0This is not the fabric I wanted to use for lingerie. \u00a0The amount of stretch is minimal. \u00a0I drafted my own pattern from tap pants I already own. \u00a0They fit nothing the same due to the type of fabric. \u00a0Back to the drawing board so to speak. \u00a0I’ve now narrowed down my online sources for lingerie fabric. \u00a0Tricot in a fabric store does not mean the same thing as in a lingerie\u00a0store. Gertie<\/a> suggests using\u00a0microstretch jersey OR venezia stretch lining for lingerie.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite fabric stores online carries Venecia Stretch ITY Jersey Knit, perfect for lingerie. \u00a0Which makes me pretty happy because the fabric is $4.98 a yard. \u00a0Fabric.com also suggests using chiffon tricot. \u00a0It may look great in lingerie but at this point I am not a fan of chiffon. \u00a0The fabric requires a great deal of patience due to the amount of fraying. \u00a0Stretch lace is another option. \u00a0This is a fabric I have used and LOVE so much. \u00a0It’s very soft and also stretches. \u00a0It’s probably not the choice for all lingerie, but there are times when it’s the perfect choice. \u00a0According to a site<\/a>\u00a0I found, I believe my next choice will be nylon chiffon. \u00a0The site suggests using tissue paper between the layers of fabric when sewing.<\/p>\n

If you have not used tissue paper in sewing yet, you are in for a treat. Use the tissue paper to cover the cutting board. \u00a0Then cut through the tissue as well as the fabric. \u00a0It helps a lot! Then sewing through the fabric as well as the tissue prevents slipping. \u00a0I don’t know about you, but I’ll be sewing my lingerie up in tissue knit or ITY knit a few times before jumping into the fancier fabrics. I like sleeping in those and since the slip I need will be visible the knit is a great solution for me. I’ll post any lingerie I make. \u00a0I’m sorry, I will not be modeling it, the hanger will! \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0No matter what you sew, ENJOY!<\/p>\n

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My love and quest for perfect lingerie began a few months ago. \u00a0I made this stretch gauze dress. \u00a0I love it! \u00a0But, fewer people probably loved seeing my undergarments. \u00a0LOL \u00a0Just kidding, I rigged some undergarments to make the dress “work” for the event. \u00a0Thank goodness it was not anything like an 8 hour workday. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5,9],"tags":[150,151,152,8,153,15,154],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}