
To finish the facing with the invisible zipper on the back, I used this Sewing Tip by Els as a guide. Minding mainly the Portuguese and Brazilian readers who may not be comfortable with the English language, I will try to explain the procedure's main guidelines using my own words.
Na figura seguinte vêm a vista virada do avesso por cima do vestido (antes de a virarem para dentro), com a parte do decote que deixámos descosida e o que vou fazer é coser a orla vertical da vista (meio das costas) ao vestido mesmo junto dos dentes do fecho. Para isso desloca-se a vista um pouco para o centro (1cm) e cose-se mesmo junto ao fecho. Vejam aqui pelos alinhavos que a linha de costura da vista se desloca para a direita, alinhando-se com a beira do fecho:
In the next picture you see the wrong side of the facing on top of the dress (before turning it inside), se also the unstitched seam on the top; what I am doing here is stitching the CB facing to the CB dress close to the zipper coil. For this I move the facing a little outwards to the center (1cm) and I stitch it right next to the zipper coil. See the basted line aligning with the zipper tape to see how much the facing was moved to the center:

This is the same, seen from the other side; see the excess dress fabric fold:

See here how I stitch close to the zipper coil:

Next I sew the back neckline; SAs are graded and trimmed as you can see in the picture:

I followed Els advice and sewed a button and a loop instead of the hook/eye to secure the zipper opening on the inside (see the tutorial on how to stitch the loop to the zipper tape before finishing the facing). See also that I've already understitched the facing edge with tiny backstitches 4mm apart from each other:

Here's the right side of the zipper:

I don't know about you but my bra straps keep falling down from my shoulders and that can be really annoying if you are wearing a sleeveless dress like this one. To prevent this from happening I hand sewed a cotton tape with a tiny snap on each shoulder (wrong side of the garment) just to hold the bra straps in place:
10 comments:
Your zipper makes my heart beat fast lol, looks fantastic!
Olá
Não conhecia seu Blog, achei lindo, de muito bom gosto, costurar é uma arte da qual não sei nada. Excelente o trabalho, com muito detalhes.
Venha me visitar.
Beijos
Maria
My bra-straps used to be falling down... sewing my own bras myself solved this problem. :o) (And some other fitting problems...)
I really like the button and loop - I'll have to steal that idea sometime. I can also see your hand done pickstitching in the last picture - really nice touch!
I am glad my tip was helpful for you.
Thanks for referring.
Estou a seguir com atenção as explicações para o vestido. O pormenor para as alcinhas é genial e muito discreto.
E também "estou-a-pensar-vermelho"...
Beijinhos
I agree, Tany - little details make all the difference! What precision in you sewing. It's very impressive. Kudos to you! :)
Concordo plenamente! Que brilhantes ideias, quer a do botã, quer a das pequenas alças! Continuas a surpreender-me!
Bjs
Mónica
thought i was the only one that suffers that bra-strap-syndrome... good to know there are others around!
my bridal gown had those snaps and they are really a good solution.
Só boas ideias e mãos.
bjinhos
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