Any advice on how to make this shirred bodice piece shorter?
Hi all!
Hope you are doing well! :)
I was following these tutorials to create this shirred dress:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJFw7ulBKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uBLQXwdD5Y
However, my bodice piece ended up being fairly big somehow, and I was looking for some advice on how to salvage this dress.
I've attached pictures of what's going on!
I decided to add ~2 more rows of shirring than the video, but it didn't really shrink by much, even after steaming and ironing (second picture shows shirrs).
I did a test "wear" and then pinched the bodice (without stretching) to figure out by how much it is loose, and it looks like it's ~18" (third picture).
I suppose I'm curious to know, how can I shrink the bodice by ~18", and what would the seam look like?
Also, how can I make the shirrs tighter in the future so it shrinks much more? For context, I was using a brother CS7000X machine with top thread tension 3 and stitch length 4.
Any help is appreciated, thank you! :)