walking cage crinoline
Sooo... the garden hose hoop skirt idea kinda fell through. I left it on the dress form and the hose started collapsing in upon itself. It might have been because I didn't put all of the hoops in channels or it could have been something else, but I used that as the motivation I needed to give in and pay up for the supplies to make a proper one.
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Love the cage, BTW. How much did all the materials cost? Is the boning the same used in making corsets (just cut to a different length)?
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Not helping. :P
And I could have saved a bit in the long run if I'd have bought my supplies in bulk, but it was a bigger up front investment that I wasn't ready to make. As is I bought the supplies from Truly Victorian and spent the following
$24.00 12 yds Bone Casing
$48.00 Hoop Wire
$8.75 Shipping
$80.75 Total
I already had the fabric, grommets and lacing and had to buy three packs of twill tape for about $6. So total cost of supplies would have been around $100, plus the cost of the pattern. The boning is hoop steel, which is not quite like the boning used in a corset, although I suppose it could be used as such. The boning for corsets is going to be a lot flatter.
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