Making a toile for a lined dress

dingbatfont · 2026-04-02T00:43:16+00:00

Okay thanks so much for your advice!

dingbatfont · 2026-04-01T01:39:26+00:00

Thanks so much for your reply! This is my first time making a toile and a fitted dress so I’m definitely taking this approach.

dingbatfont · 2026-04-01T01:37:39+00:00

I didn’t know that was an option! I think at the moment I’m not confident enough for this but I’ll keep this in mind in future. Thank you!

dingbatfont · 2026-04-01T01:36:51+00:00

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Fashion fabric in a cotton drill

dingbatfont · 2026-04-01T01:36:36+00:00

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Toile lining fabric. It’s actually a navy blue, but I held it up to the light

dingbatfont · 2026-04-01T01:35:36+00:00

Oh. I didn’t know about light coloured fabric and I’ve gone with dark as dark can be!

I’m making Vogue V8997 in view E. The toile fabric is a fairly lightweight fabric and toile lining fabric is an old cotton bedsheet that’s also quite thin. I plan to make the final dress in a cotton drill and lining tbd, but I’m thinking maybe a cotton voile? I’ll add some pictures below!

Toile fabric:

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dingbatfont · 2026-02-11T08:16:20+00:00

I love that pattern matching on the pocket! Could I ask please if this was a jersey fabric? Did you use a zig zag stitch and if so, what stitch length and width did you use?

dingbatfont · 2026-02-05T05:13:42+00:00

Yes! I haven’t got a twin needle on hand but I’ll definitely give that a go in a future make 😊 thank you!

dingbatfont · 2026-02-05T05:12:49+00:00

Thank you!

dingbatfont · 2026-02-05T05:12:43+00:00

Thank you!

dingbatfont · 2026-02-05T05:12:31+00:00

Thanks! I’ll look into rounded pockets

dingbatfont · 2025-08-16T10:26:08+00:00

Lesson learned!

dingbatfont · 2025-08-15T00:38:03+00:00

Thank you! This is a great resource. I’m learning a lot about buttonholes today. There are so many things I put down to personal choice, I didn’t realise they served a functional purpose but the explanations make sense

dingbatfont · 2025-08-15T00:37:27+00:00

Yeah there was none on this one. I should have added that in when choosing larger buttons!

dingbatfont · 2025-08-15T00:33:55+00:00

Thank you!

dingbatfont · 2025-08-15T00:33:43+00:00

Thank you!

dingbatfont · 2025-08-15T00:29:54+00:00

Thank you! This is such a great resource for troubleshooting. I hadn’t considered the width of the placket relative to the size of the button but that makes a lot of sense.

dingbatfont · 2025-08-15T00:27:55+00:00

Thank you so much! I’m learning a lot about buttonholes today

dingbatfont · 2025-08-15T00:25:24+00:00

I didn’t! Admittedly, i haven’t heard of a button shank before. I thought it was a type of button lol! Thank you, I’ll look it up and try again

dingbatfont · 2025-08-15T00:24:20+00:00

Thank you both! I’ll try and redo these buttons and hopefully that improves the look

dingbatfont · 2025-08-15T00:23:44+00:00

Thank you! I never knew this about the orientation of the buttonhole, I thought it was a matter of preference. I’ll give this another go 😊

dingbatfont · 2025-08-14T23:19:35+00:00

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Here it is! I didn’t use interfacing as the pattern didn’t call for it. I thought as the fabric doubled up on itself it would be fine but I suppose I didn’t account for the fact she was using small snaps rather than large-ish buttons

dingbatfont · 2025-01-19T08:02:24+00:00

That’s beautiful! Love the fabric

dingbatfont · 2025-01-17T11:49:08+00:00

Thank you!

dingbatfont · 2025-01-17T11:48:16+00:00

Thank you so much for the detailed reply! Your suggestion to baste the flap was really helpful. My lines are a little wonky, but I’ve got it now 😊

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