AboutSharon Vogel Expertise I can answer general sewing questions as well as tailoring, heirloom, menswear, children's wear, craft sewing, quilting and just about any fabric or notion. I can also help with some sewing machine repair and maintenance.
Experience I started sewing at the age of 3...thanks to my mom and grandmother, and I am now in my fifties. Home economics classes in junior high and high school helped me to finesse my skills.
Education/Credentials Palmer and Plesch tailoring class
Basically, self-taught...give me the instructions and I will figure it out and then make it better!
Awards and Honors A few blue ribbons at fairs along the way
Question Hello. I ahve been sewing 20+ years, but not much w/ special occassion fabric. I am making a dress in taffeta and want to add all-over lace to the bodice of the dress. The dress has underarm darts and I have added back darts for a better fit. My question is should I make the taffeta and lace bodices independetly (separaet darts and side seams), then overlay the lace on the taffeta and join to the garment at the waist? Or should the fabrics be sewn as one, or a combiation making the darts independent, but sewing the two layers as one on the shoulder and side seams. Thanks a bunch for your advise. Dorothy
Answer Dear Dorothy,
I would layer the fabrics together, baste around the edges and sew as one. My reason being I wouldn't want the dart folds in the lace fabric showing through. Since you have sewn for a long time, you know to make sure the fabrics don't shift while you are sewing darts, etc. I would also do a nice seam finish because taffeta frays and the lace could possibly be scratchy.
