Velvet Ribbon
How to sew a firm ribbon to a stretch fabric?
I have this problem – I’ve bought stretch velvet only because they didn’t have regular in that color. Everything went OK with the garment and the stretch was even an advantage at one place, BUT I planned it to be lined with contrasting ribbon. It is a very stiff thing.
Now, I have a rather narrow piece of fabric I want to line and even a slight unevenness is very visible. I tried hand stitching it many times, but always ended up with fabric rolling or rotating. Machine sewing was a tad more successful, but not that much. I tried stabilizing it with paper without success. It needs to have the exact proportion of the two, or it looks bad. Any tips how to cope with it? I need the ribbon there, It’s pointless without it. Please, please help.
The only way to do this would be to stabilize the fabric so it remains stationary.
Try on a scrap of the fabric and use iron-on interfacing for the stabilizer.
If you had used a walking foot for the sewing, the layers of fabric would not have shifted.
Black Velvet Ribbon
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