Originally Posted by Elisabethann
I have a friend that wants to make curtains out of this fabric (actually I think she wants ME to make them, but that ain't happening). Is this fabric hard for an inexperienced sew-ER to work with?
I usually use the term seamstress or seamster, myself.
Taffeta is fairly difficult, yes. It combines slippery with stiffness and translucence, so every mistake in cutting shows like crazy. And any error in sewing the seams shows up as well.
If I were inexperienced, I'd be really tempted to PAY someone to make them (and expect to pay a lot for the pain-in-the-derriere factor).
If that weren't an option, I'd be using wash-out glue (or wash-out glue stick), microserrated shears and lots of patience. I'd use tailor's chalk (the triangular sort from Clover), measure, mark, and then measure again before cutting.