I've seen this happen with wool and looser weaves. Never cotton quilting fabric though, unless it's on the bias. That is strange.
I guess all you can do now is line it. (With fabrics that don't hold their shape, interfacing corrects that but now that you've put the dress together, that would be a bear. You'd have to take it all apart, iron it, add the interfacing, then sew it all together again.) If you line it with something that doesn't stretch out of shape, the dress will only "stretch" as far as the lining will...I hope!! 'Bella On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Aurora Celeste <[email protected]>wrote: > Washing and drying shrinks fabric. Wearing stretches it back out again. > The shrinking from washing is not a permanent process, especially for > fabric under stress (like tight clothes). > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Julie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a mystery that I'd like some insight on. I've spoken in person to > > all the costumers I know and all are baffled. > > > > I made a dress for my daughter from decent quilting cottons from > Joanne's. > > It has a tight fitted bodice with boning. The dress stretched so I took > it > > in. It stretched some more so I put elastic in key areas. It stretched > > some more. > > > > Yesterday just for giggles I tried it on. It fits. I'm substantially > > larger than my daughter (maybe 2 sizes). What the heck? > > > > The dress will fit her immediately after washing & drying but begins > > stretching back out within an hour or so. > > Does anyone have any ideas? The fabric was washed & dried before I cut > it > > out. > > > > This is very discouraging. I worked hard to make it fit her just right. > > Now it looks like I'm a lousy sempster. But at least I guess I get a > dress > > out of it. > > > > Julie > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
