Burda Style For people who sew

I am making some dresses from cotton twill, and am not sure if and/or what I should line the dresses with?
I do not want to do it with some slippery lining such as bemberg or polyestor, and I am wondering if broadcloth is too cheap looking? Does anyone have suggestions?
Do i Need to line these? It is not sheer at all, and it has a slight stretch to it, which I would hate to lose with a non-stretch lining.

thanks!

Jun 4, 2012, 07.11 PM by leashbean

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  Jun 7, 2012, 03.12 AMby mlssfshn

  No, just finish the seams well.
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  Jun 7, 2012, 03.55 PMby leashbean

  okay great!

  do you have any suggestions for nice linings? i really don’t like the slippery stuff, and like i said, not sure that broadcloth is a nice alternative?
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  Jun 7, 2012, 03.55 PMby leashbean

  just in general, not for this project in particular.
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  Jun 7, 2012, 05.25 PMby rokc

  if the fabric isn’t sheer- I don’t know, why you wanna put the lining there,… I asume that you are making a summer dress? with cotton-to stay cool, and fresh,… so using syntetic lining would be quite inapropriat- proably just viscosa or cupro,…. I suggest you ‘’semi lining’‘- (I don’t know the propper word in english),…on the top of the dress just cut top 5 cm pattern in same fabric,…I allways do that eaven if I’m doing complete lining-top 5cm are in the same fabric,….on the bottom of the dress make a blinfd stich, or hand sew,…
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  Jun 7, 2012, 08.48 PMby mnr

  Ooh, I just want to say thanks for asking this question, I have the same question!
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  Jun 8, 2012, 12.26 AMby katexxxxxx

  If I want a light lining, I tend to use a matching cotton lawn or muslin.
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  Jun 9, 2012, 08.45 AMby kritika kapoor

  make some innovative kind of dress or loose shirt so that have to wear with it with a good jeans color.

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    Jun 12, 2012, 01.14 PMby leashbean

    The dress is for a wedding in July, so it might be too hot to layer.

    I found a really nice cotton for a lining, which i think will be great because of its breathability.

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  Jun 28, 2012, 02.17 PMby mickeygirl

  Depends on if the bodice has facing pieces at the neck and armhole edges. sometimes you just have to use lining because a facing of the same fabric is not going to look good.
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  Nov 15, 2012, 04.06 PMby Vtharp

  What about using a non-stretch woven as a lining but using it on bias so it has 2-way stretch?
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  Jan 18, 2013, 11.02 PMby Ariana Bauer

  You could use silk habotai or a sheer real silk fabric. A lightweight cotton would also be suitable I think