Quilted Petticoat?

[countess_rosina]

I'm looking at some pre-quilted dupioni silk for a quilted petticoat (not patient enough to quilt it myself). Obviously, it's not as authentic as silk satin, but I was thinking it might be a good starting point. I know some of you have gone this route - anyone willing to share tips or tricks? Has anyone tried doing a yoke in a non-quilted fabric?

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[saharazara]

Hey Countess - I did do a yoke in a non-quilted fabric for my quilted petticoat. The petticoat is in pre-quilted diamond Joann's fabric in lavender. I mostly just looked at what Kendra on her Demode site did for her Tart outfit undies and tried to emulate that. I think it worked out really well, for the most part, giving a nice flat area at the waist. I did end up making the yoke slightly bigger than I intended, which I think made the petticoat less immediately floofy from the waist. I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing, given the shape we're going for for the time period. And, I think that extra bit of flatness may be the culprit for the almost permanent indent that I have in the front of my skirts.

(To give you an idea of what I am talking about, if you look at my Green and Pink 18th c. dress (Prepster), it should be clear from the way it looks like I have two big Michelin Man legs in the front under my Pink petticoat. LOL!)

I don't know that I posted a pic of my petticoat - I'll see if I can find one tonight. If you compare it to Kendra's, her area of flat fabric looks to be a few inches smaller than mine.

HTH!

[countess_rosina]

Thanks! I've been studying some of the dress diaries posted, but I haven't seen any good shots of the waist. Of course, the top of a petticoat will always be covered, I'm just unsure about how far down the unquilted fabric/yoke should go - I'd rather not have the join be visible is I decided to wear the petticoat with a short jacket and no other skirt layer.

I'm still thinking I might end up unpicking some of the quilting near the waistband, though with that amount of work, I might as well just quilt the thing myself!

BTW - I love that your petticoat is lavendar! I'm looking at a periwinkle blue and a (boring) creamy color. The practical part of me says neutral! It goes with everything! It's accurate! But periwinkle is so much more fun....