Need help making a bridesmaid dress.
I know this is a quilting board, but there are several of you that were accomplished seamstresses in your past life, and I need advice. It has been a long time since I have sewn garments. My niece is sewing bridesmaids dresses for her future sister in law, and in a moment of insanity I volunteered to help. I just got off the phone with her and she said the material was satin. Her sister in law had made a dress out of the same material and it was puckering at the seams. Hearing that, brought back the nightmare of the prom dress I made many years ago, and it puckering at the seams. I tried to do everything right. Someone explained it to me that the way the material is woven that when you cut it and try to sew it back together, it causes a wrippling affect at the seams. Any words of wisdom or other tips for sewing with this fabric will be apprecated. As I said it has been along time, I am hoping it is just like riding a bike. LOL