Ermmm... A little advice please? :suspect:

So, first of all let me say how glad I am that Corrine started Craftovision, I was really beginning to miss a DIY fix once a week. Yay! Thanks Corrine

On to my question:
My cousin Einav's wedding is in a few months, and my other cousin gave me this beautiful dress that I really love. it's really fitted in the boob area, with pleats on the stomach that make me look super skinny.
HOWEVER, then we get to the skirt.
The skirt part does that weird thing where they sew the lining to the bottom, but the outer fabric is longer so they pleat it, creating poof? (If I explained it unclearly, let me know, I'll post a picture).
I want to undo that seam, and sew a few layers of black tulle in between to make the skirt be poofy incarnate.

1. If I were to do so, how would I go about doing it?
2. Is it worth the trouble, or should I just deal with the dress I have?
3. Am I better off just making a new dress?

O.K, so I lied a bit. It's three questions.

Love you, Internet crafters!

Toodaloos93

So.... It's a balloon skirt, like this?



And you want to turn it into something more like this?



I'm a bit confused, but am I somewhere in the ballpark?

That's it! I don't know all the technical terms, I taught myself to sew

are you still wanting the original skirt (un-poofed) over the top of the fluffy tulle? or gone completely...

I want to keep the original skirt and the lining, but I want to have a few layers of Tulle in between. I don't want to close up the hem of it and turn it back into a balloon skirt- I want it to be a poofy skirt.

what should I do?

I would go for a petticoat myself, since I'm a wimp.

It's hard to tell without seeing how the dress is constructed, but if the seam attaching the skirt to the top looks fairly easy to replace, you could simply remove the skirt from the dress, remove the bottom seam attaching the skirt to the lining, add a bit of foof in between, sew the whole thing up and then sew the skirt back on again. Oh yes, and hem the outer skirt too. Doh.

If removing the skirt from the top isn't an option, you could take out the bottom seam attaching the skirt to the lining and sew the foofy stuff directly onto the lining. I'm not sure how that would work out, though, I've never seen it as far as I know.

i think it depends... if it's like... the lining and the outside are 2 seperate pieces joined at the bottom... i'd just undo that one seam, hem the top part, and stick a petticoat, or like, a tutu in between the layers...

all you'd really have to do it be careful wit hthe seam ripper and be able to do a hem...


and: if you search youtube, there's like a million tutu tutorials...

okay, so here's what I'm gonna do. I talked to my sister as well (she sews too) and she said that I should cut the skirt part of the dress to wherever I want it to sit and then just make a separate skirt to put under it (kind of like a slip, but made of tulle) and that way it will look awesome but not a pain in the *** to make.

Heh. that works out really well.
I'll post pictures soon.


Thanks guys