I have some soft, soft, soft cotton/linen blend that I had washed and shrunk in my fabric stash. It was just enough for a petticoat with a bit left over. I'm making this for two reasons. The first is for those skirts/gowns that I don't want a lot of poof but I would like a bit of shape. The second is to go over the crinoline for added poof. So I had to make it large enough to go over the crinoline. So I put the crinoline on and loosely draped the fabric around and cut.
Back at the sewing machine I put a 2.5 inch waist band on it and an inch and a half hem. A piece of rope will go through the hem. Then, well, I cheated. I took another length of the fabric and sewed it to the bottom half of the petticoat. I did this in two pieces do there would be an opening so I could fish the rope through the channels. I then marked of the rope channels, 1.5 inches for the channel and two inches between. The rope I'm using is a heavy hemp rope used as a laundry line.
I'll sew up the channels and the seam tomorrow. Then I'll fish the rope through.
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| This is the panel of fabric I'm using to sew channels instead of using something like bias tape. |
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| Here is the opening. |
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| The channel markings. I find that the marking pens and pencils fade way too fast. |
Pictures of the finished product tomorrow
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