More Ballgown Progress

[last_chael]

I made a decision on the petticoat situation! After having another look at this amazing Lady's Early Bustle Underwear (which I discovered last year whilst researching for my talk on Bustles), I decided to heck with it, I'll make TWO petticoats! So I got those cut out today at my Tafe's Open Day - Access to large tables for cutting, access to

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[poisoned_kitty]

It all looks great so far.

The other thing you could do with the skirt hem, is what I did for my yellow ballgown. Binding. Donna managed to find extent garments with hem binding instead of a turned hem. But a faced hem works well too.

[last_chael]

Thank you :D I'm glad you like!

Ah, I never thought of that! Though I would be wanting to use binding made from the same fabric so it all matches, and unfortunately I don't have enough of either fabric to really make this work. I'm perhaps thinking of doing something similar to my Aurora skirt - I sewed a wide bias binding around the hem, and then used a fusible hemming tape to attach the binding to the inside of the skirt so there was no visible stitching on the outside. Though, visible stitching won't be a huge issue since all the skirts will have frills that cover the hems, so I wouldn't need to use the hemming tape. I wouldn't mind putting a proper dust ruffle on the hems of the skirts either.

[sewaddicted]

They're looking good! {applauds progress}

[last_chael]

YAY! Glad you like! They look even better now they have petticoats to make them poomfy!

[neverreal]

Oh wow. That's going to be so beautiful.

[last_chael]

Thank you! I surely hope so!