My chosen project from the Burdastyle Handbook is the blouse, and I'm doing it in a sheer fabric. It's going beautifully, but I should have done a bit of research first. The seams are not very attractive, and I need to find a way to fix that. Had I planned ahead properly, I would have found that there are a great number of ways to finish seams in sheer fabric, and that the most preferred is the French Seam. That involves sewing the pieces with the wrong sides together, which is not what I have done. So, I'm going to attempt a false French seam with only a 1/2" seam allowance. It will be slow and tedious, but hopefully the results will be worth it!
The Cutting Class has a very nice illustration of French seams. I think I'm going to look a little more closely at the rest of their site, too!
Threads has some interesting alternatives that completely hide the seam allowance, leaving nothing more than a tiny band of color in its place. Kind of wild, really.
And I seem to remember something about adding a flesh colored piece of fabric to the inner side of a seam to hide it, I think from Gretchen Hirsch, but I'm not sure. If anyone finds that tip, please let me know!
Wish me luck!
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