Thursday, April 28, 2016

Extreme Netting


So I couldn’t leave well enough alone.  This petticoat needed to be over the top!


And so I just kept adding more and more netting . . .


and then some more . . . 


until there was a mountain of netting.


This is what 20 yards of the stuff looks like.  


I am not sure any more bulk would fit through my sewing machine!


Then I hemmed the cotton lining with a one inch horsehair braid.  


This will help to keep the cotton skirt hem from collapsing and/or getting caught between my legs when I walk.


My initial thought was that I would attach this piece to the corselette.  However, with the amount of netting on this skirt, it suddenly did not seem like such a great idea.  That, and trying to pin the two together was getting on my last nerve.


With time running out, I found some grosgrain ribbon in my stash and attached it to the cotton portion of the garment.  It is not pretty, but it does the job.  A skirt hook & bar closes the waistband just off of center front.


And that is one fluffy petticoat.  Only time will tell if I can fit in my car while wearing this!


3 comments:

  1. Lovely petticoat, you've put a lot of work into it and it shows. Nice Job!

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  2. This is why I read your blog. You attempt the scarcely imaginable, and succeed unimaginably well.

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  3. Holy moly, that is one fluffy petticoat! Is this made of the stiff kind?
    It looks devine :)

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