Lace is a great way to decorate any festive item, including the hem of a dress. How to choose the right material for creating a textile product, what tools are needed for work, how to sew lace to the hem of a dress and what useful tips there are for beginning needlewomen below.
Selection of lace
The most important stage in the work is to choose the right lace trim. Here you need to consider not only the decorative element, but also the texture, color, beauty and decoration of the dress. This is the only way to create a sophisticated product. Some styles or materials will look uninteresting together or even pretentious from a certain angle.
For a hemline arrangement, it is necessary to stop at the textures of the fabric. Particular preference should be given to openwork ribbons with a small trim located along the edge. It can be located during sewing. The best option is to use black lace due to its versatility and color palette. In order to decorate a colorful dress, you can take any ribbon.
Special attention should be paid to the quality of the material. At the moment, there is tulle with elastic lingerie polyester, lycra, guipure, needle lace, quilting and Richelieu. Tulle and knitwear are suitable for decorating ball gowns, lingerie polyester is suitable for evening dresses made of satin or silk clothing. Guipure or tulle looks great with a knitted outfit, a cotton suit made of a blouse and skirt. Quartz looks good on a children's sarafan or on a doll, and Richelieu - on a polyester mini.
Necessary tools and materials
To do all the necessary work, you need to take a pencil, lace with a dress, a needle, threads, scissors, a safety pin and a sewing machine. After all the tools are prepared, before you properly sew the sewing to the hem of the dress, you should decide how the design of the tape will look.
Please note! Often, when a bias tape, a patch or some kind of picture can be additionally used as tools. In addition to lace, this will become an interesting decoration option and can be included in the step-by-step description of the work.
Features of implementation
At the moment, only a few methods from masters are known on how to sew lace to fabric and how it can be sewn at all. The tape can be cut in one lace layer, in several layers. You can also sew the tape to the bottom of the product, put it on the neckline or hide the base of the tape under part of the hem. As an addition, there can be such an interesting idea: applying lace decor in a fold or overlap. In addition, you can create gathers or attach several inserts to specific hem areas.
Under the hem
To place the decor under the hem, you need to do all the sewing work from the inside. To do this, turn the dress inside out and place it on a hard table. Then place the lace on one side of the product and secure it with pins. Do the same with the other side. Then sew the ribbon using a sewing machine, having removed the pins in advance. Sewing can be done with a zigzag or a long straight stitch. If desired, you can try to sew all the details by hand with some unusual stitch.
Over the dress
It is no more difficult to place lace on top of the dress than under the hem. Sewing is done in a similar way. The material should be placed at the very bottom of the product on the front side. Then secure the fabric with pins. Sewing should be done from the front side only using a sewing machine to avoid the appearance of sloppy hand stitches or the formation of extra threads. For work, it is worth using a zigzag stitch. The excess ends should be carefully trimmed. To prevent the lace from crumbling, you can additionally process the edges with matches.
This method is intended for single-layer decoration of a dress using lace.
Several layers
Decor with many layers is a more complex process. For work, you need to take several lace ribbons with different widths. To give the dress originality, you can take lace with different patterns. So, to sew it, you need to attach a narrow ribbon to the top using fabric glue or pins. Another ribbon to the bottom. Then you should sew the strips one by one. If one overlaps the other, you should start with the first one.
It is worth noting that if the lace strips were obtained without processed edges, by cutting out the openwork fabric, it is necessary to process the edges of the product. You can also use a sewing machine for this.
It should be noted that several lace layers glued to satin fabric look good together, especially on children's carnival dresses. The combination of satin ribbon mixed with lace ribbon inserts looks interesting. As an addition, decorating the stripes with self-adhesive rhinestones will look good in this case.
Recommendations
Many users recommend choosing quality material. It is on it that the fact will depend whether the dress will be able to retain its attractiveness for many years or not. It is definitely worth giving preference to materials with already processed edges that do not have hanging ribbons.
If the edges of the product are not processed, this must be done, since lace products, and especially dresses, tend to get holes and peel. This is especially true for fabrics of synthetic, not natural origin.
Of course, when doing any work, you should follow the instructions. If you have chosen a model from a tutorial, you should not show independence at first when getting acquainted with openwork decor.
Please note! You should follow the instructions completely. Then you can create a product that will not only have a beautiful appearance, but also retain this appearance for a long time.
If you decide to process the edges of the dress in some unusual way or make the entire hem out of lace, then the key to success in the undertaking will be good ironing before the dart and decoration. For example, this will be especially useful if the lace strip is located on the dress in a triangle or other shape.
It is also worth remembering that before decorating, the lace must be subjected to decatization. To do this, the tape must be wetted and dried naturally. A steam generator will help facilitate the work. Such actions will help to avoid rapid shrinkage.
When sewing, do not stretch the lace material. Then the material may be made unevenly or spoil the hem of the outfit, and an unsightly fold will be added.
The patterned edge with texture should be sewn using the hand method. To design the edge, you need to put the sewing machine aside and start handwork. It is important to pay attention to the threads. If the ribbon goes under the hem, it must be matched to the dress.
Please note! Lace inserts can be used not only to decorate a dress. They can significantly change the appearance of the product with its length. You can decorate the hem yourself, without using special skills and spending a minimum of personal time.
In general, decorating the hem of a dress with lace is a great idea. All you need is to choose the right material, based on quality and durability criteria. Then you can make the decoration under the hem, over the dress or in several layers. There is an option to make a hem out of lace. As for useful tips, every novice needlewoman should know that the quality of the sewn-on product and its service life will depend only on the quality of the material and the correctness of its processing.
