Being posty, petticoat progress
I got my petticoat mostly cut out. I still need to cut a waistband and flounce, but those are going to wait for a bit. I'm using a slightly modified version of the Short Underskirt in Two Styles from Fashions of the Gilded Age Vol. 1 by Frances Grimble. I didn't bother with a paper pattern and just marked everything on the fabric using erasable fabric marker.
For the future, my changes and plans: I made the side gore a few inches smaller at the top and tended to round off the inch measurements given. I lengthened the skirt by about 4"-5" so it's 29.5" long. The hem circumference around the main part of the skirt will be about 68". I'm aiming for a flounce that is about 6"-7" deep and 2 widths of the fabric long (around 108"), with eyelet embroidery and some tucks to hide the join of the embroidery to the flounce. Length from waist-to-hem somewhere about 36.5" because I'm short and that will leave it just brushing the tops of my feet.
Back to sewing!
For the future, my changes and plans: I made the side gore a few inches smaller at the top and tended to round off the inch measurements given. I lengthened the skirt by about 4"-5" so it's 29.5" long. The hem circumference around the main part of the skirt will be about 68". I'm aiming for a flounce that is about 6"-7" deep and 2 widths of the fabric long (around 108"), with eyelet embroidery and some tucks to hide the join of the embroidery to the flounce. Length from waist-to-hem somewhere about 36.5" because I'm short and that will leave it just brushing the tops of my feet.
Back to sewing!