Cutting Tips:

I've actually tried sewing with chiffon once before.  I didn't do any research before hand, just kind of jumped into it and it showed.  That project soon ended up in the scrap bag off to a happier home. The main struggle for me was not the sewing but the cutting.  What a little back talking b***** chiffon can be.  Little did I know while I was cutting my pieces on the fold my bottom layer was being all unruly and wiggling around, not playing nice at all!  This resulted in wonky pieces that didn't want to play nice together.  This time I smartened up and did some research before cutting into my fabric. The most helpful tip I learned was to cut the fabric as one layer using tissue paper. This means any pattern pieces that are to be cut on the fold will need to be made double and taped together so that it can be cut on one layer.  I laid out my tissue paper taping it down so it wouldn't fly everywhere when trying to lay the chiffon on top.  After laying my chiffon out I pinned down my pattern pieces using sharp pins. I cut my fabric and tissue paper as one.  The tissue paper slaps that chiffon into submission.  No more unruliness.  Any notches I cut out in a triangle instead of cutting in as to not weaken the seam.

Sewing Tips:
When it came to sewing I used a microtex sharp needle and changed my stitch length to 2.0.  I found it damn near impossible to go any longer as the fabric wants to start to gather.  For pinning I used sharp glass head pins.  One tip I read was instead of pinning pieces together use a hand basting stitch. Ain't nobody go time for that!   All of my seams are french.  Oui, oui!