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Show Choosing Fabrics If you've decided you want gathers in your next dress, here's the way to select a suitable fabric. fab-ric. Gather the material In your hands, as you would in gathering it, and see whether it lies in soft gathers or whether it Juts out at angles. If you want pleats in your next dress, you must look for a fabric fab-ric that has a certain crispness or wiriness, or you will constantly constant-ly have, to press In your pleats. If you can crease the fabric and have the mark remain readily, you can be sure the material will pleat. When you are making a woolen wool-en dress, always select a light weight wool. Heavier woolens are made only for suits or coats, and are somewhat difficult to work with. If you've decided on ruffles galore, ga-lore, choose a fabric that has some crispness like organdie, marquisette, etc. You'll also do wisely choosing a fabric that has a permanent finish. For dresses with straight classic clas-sic lines, choose a material that has some body, and one that will hang straight easily without too much tugging. Firmness of fabric fab-ric it very Important here. For dresses with draped ef-fects, ef-fects, choose a fabric that has softness but enough weight, and not too much stiffness. For dresses that have a soft-ness, soft-ness, choose fabrics that seem to mold themselves easily like rayon, ray-on, crepe or silk. |