Tag: Petticoat

Leftovers Petticoat

Using the bits discarded from a previous project to make a quick and easy petticoat turned out to work quite well.

The Edwardian Adventure (previously here, here and here) continues with the petticoat. There is no real reference for this petticoat. It’s literally just the lining that was cut out of the purple skirt, with an added bit along the bottom. The waistband is some made up weird construction of two bits to tape sewn together along the top. There’s a hook and eye at the end, and there’s a little bit of overlap. I think I had a brilliant idea about that at the time, but I have forgotten what it was, so it might not have been that brilliant.

  • Front
  • Side
  • Back

The bottom is finished with a very long strip of the same fabric, gathered down to make a ruffle of sorts. I pressed it, stupidly, which means that it is not nearly as ruffly as I would have liked it to be. However, it does do its job.

  • Waistband
  • Closure
  • Flat gathers

A while ago, I was feeling eccentric and decided to walk to the supermarket while wearing the purple skirt, those low heels from the pictures, my red coat, and the dragon. While walking there, I kept hearing some strange noises. Turns out that the hem was actually hitting the pavement.. With the petticoat underneath, I no longer hear noises when I walk about. I call it a success!

Next up, a blouse to go with it all.

Even More UFPs

This weekend was very productive for me. I finished two UFPs and started a new project.

The first UFP to be transformed into a FP was my coat. I started it in summer last year I think. But I stopped it when I decided it was too crooked. The fabric has a sort of plaid-y look, but I didn’t line them up, which I assume will be difficult with princess seams.
But since I aim to empty my UFP box before the end of the year (I’ve assigned myself that goal a minute ago), I have to work on some projects in there. And I still liked the fabric of the coat so I figured I’d finish it. I made an asymmetrical front, put pockets on and a hood. I finished all the seams and edges with red bias tape (it’s the same colour as the red stripe in the fabric). Here are the pictures, first front and back, then details of pockets and the inside:

Front Back

Pockets Inside

The next project I finished was a petticoat. It’s been laying in the stash basically since I started the frog dress, so two years I think. It was a disaster, since I absolutely hate making ruffles or whatever those things are called that a petticoat are. But I worked steadily, pinned until my fingers were dead and finally finished the thing.

Here it is, I also attached some ribbons on the side to hide the seams but they are not very clear:

Petticoat

So after two UFPs I wanted to start something new (decided I deserved it). So I’m now patching together a pant suit from a free culottes pattern, the vintage blouse pattern and a pattern for some pants (to use the waistband). I hope it’ll work. I’ll show you when (/if) it’s  done.