Petticoat pattern drafting

SAREE - PETTICOAT ( 6 PIECES ) SAREE - PETTICOAT ( 6 PIECES ) MEASUREMENTS :---- HIP = 36 " LENGTH = 36 " OR 40 " WAIST LOOSE = 30 " OR 32 " CONSTRUCTION OF LINES :---- A B = Length - 1 1/2 " for belt . A C = width of material AB = C D A E = 1/ 12 waist + 1/2 " D E = 1/6 waist + 1/2 " E E 1 join A B =E Y CD = X E 1 join C X , BY . SEAMS AND PROCESS :----- 1. Straight piece with slanting one ,one by one with run and fell seam or plain seams keep the waist line up and wider part panel down…

Petticoat construction

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As I mentioned back in May, I'm tackling my first reproduction challenge. I am going to make an Ada Lovelace costume. This portrait is dated circa 1838, so I needed the proper undergarments to get the right look. I chickened out and did not attempt a late 1830's corset. I wanted to, but I also want to wear this costume in August so... I'm going to tell myself that the line achieved with a mid-Victorian corset and the line achieved with a late 1830's corset are close enough. I decided that I…

Here is a simple petticoat alteration with a too-full petticoat turned into two separate petticoats: one with a fitted yoke and the other with an elastic.

SAREE - PETTICOAT ( 6 PIECES ) SAREE - PETTICOAT ( 6 PIECES ) MEASUREMENTS :...

A 1950s petticoat has been on my sewing list for years! And now I finally made one. I like how it turned out but it took way longer than I thought!

I was looking for a petticoat to wear under retro dresses and wasn't finding anything ready-made online that I liked. Or if I liked it, I didn't care for the price tag*. So, I decided to sew one, but I couldn't find any patterns. Here is why: this is dead simple to make for not very much money. It took me about a full day to complete. There are tutorials online, and I found a couple excellent ones posted by lovely people who I am sure are better sewists than me. They had super-flexible…