tricks for lining garments

[Auryn]

I was wondering if anyone else here abhors lining things as much as I do.
I am having a serious headache with a cape I am doing
and now of course the lining fabric is about 1.5" too short from the bottom.

at this point its too late to take it all apart and cut a new liner, so I am either going to trim the outside material, or add a 2 inch strip to the liner.

But for the future, do you guys have any tips or tricks for facilitating lining??

It literally took me almost 2 hours and a dozen pinnins and repinnings to get the hood lined up correctly

[isabelladangelo]

When that happens, I either:
A) Fold up the outside excess and fold it over the inside lining edge or
B) Cut off the excess after letting it hang over night and then hem up the edge. 

It doesn't happen as much anymore as it use to - I switched from using the "lining" patterns in commercial patterns to just using the same exact pattern piece for both the facing and lining fabrics.   It helps a lot. 

[Kate XXXXXX]

Cut your lining and hood using the same pattern.If you want to face the hood, cut a 3" wide strip to match the face edge of the hood.  Turn in 1/4" on the inner hood edge and sew down to the hood lining pieces.  Sew the hood seam on both the hood and the lining.  Trim about 1/4" off the face edge of the lining to make it slightly smaller than the hood...  Lay the hood and lining pieces right side together and seam along the face edge.  Turn to the inside and press.  Line up the cut edges at the neck of the hood so that the front seam rolls to the inside.  Baste the neck edge of the hood.

Make up the cloak and the lining separately.  Attach the hood to the cloak,basting in place.

Add the lining, sewing along the neck edge and down the front edges.

Put the cloak on the dress stand and leave for a week!  If you don't have a stand, use a large coat type wooden hanger, like this:



Make sure the cloak is clear of walls and floor.

Put the cloak on and get someone to measure up from the floor all the way round to mark the hem.   Do the same with the lining, making it about an inch shorter.

Hem up your cloak.

If you are trying to bag line it, get to the point where you have attached the hood to the cloak, and sew it down rather than just basting it.  Pin the lining in along the neck edge, right sides together, and let the whole thing hang for a week.  Again, get someone to mark the hemline, pinning cloak and lining together along the seam/hem line.  Sew all round, leaving the neck edge of the lining unstitched!  Trim the hem...  Turn the whole lot through the neck opening in the lining and hand stitch the neck of the lining to the neck of the cloak.

The two main tricks are to let both the cloak and its lining hang out and drop for as long as you can (a week is the minimum), and get someone else to pin the hem as you wear it!.