Corded petticoat

This set of instructions to make a corded petticoat (for 1850's or 1860's living history impressions) was created before other patterns were available. These instructions are ONE technique to create a corded petticoat--and were designed for a beginner sewing level.

Here are my 1830s-1840s underpinnings, as worn last week with my blue late 1830s ball gown (seen hanging in the background of all these pi...

If you’re working on a corded corset, or a corded petticoat for pre-hoop-era use, you might be wondering if there’s a quick way to get those cords snuggled into their casings, without l…

This post contains a free pattern!! very exciting. :) So... Early Victorian.... in my mind this spans the time when the young queen took over, and some smarty pants figured out that if you put steel wire in a corded petticoat instead of rope, chicks would dig it. So 1840 ish to 1850 ish. :) If any paragraph that I have written would clue you in that I'm NOT a reenactor but am a costumer... I'm not sure I could write a more blasphemous one. :) for reals. But this is actually really accurate…

Here are my 1830s-1840s underpinnings, as worn last week with my blue late 1830s ball gown (seen hanging in the background of all these pi...

In the 1840s and 1850s, dome-shaped or bell-shaped skirts were fashionable. The steel cage crinoline was not yet invented. So Victorian women used different types of petticoats to create the fashionable shape: like plain cotton petticoats, crisply starched petticoats, tucked petticoats, corded petticoats and quilted petticoats. Related: A Victorian Reaper So I thought it’d be … Continue reading Comparing Victorian Skirt Supports: Corded, Tucked And Quilted Petticoats →

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Waist Not," March 30–August 21, 1994.New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Costume and Character in the Age of Ingres," September 9–November 21, 1999

Several years ago I began working on a corded petticoat, and almost a year and a half ago, just before little B was born, I finished it. As I didn’t have stays that fit me at the time (first being …

From the seller: An early 1830’s cotton corded petticoat that has recently been de-accessioned from the Rochester historical Society Museum collection. The petticoat is all hand stitched. The hemline is numerous rows of padded cording. The petticoat has a bone back button closure. It is in very good and sturdy condition. There are no holes. Waist 30 Length 34. From Me: There is a far more extensively corded one at the Kyoto Museum but this is very much 1830's.

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