How I make 18th Century Skirts / Petticoats
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2024
- Hello Friends! I was recently on a little jaunt to Seattle and I wanted to take some sewing with me for when i had time in the hotel. I decided to take my stack of 18th Century Skirts / petticoats with me to work on and then it occurred to me that there may be some of you out there that do not know how to make these yet! They are easy, fun, don't require a pattern, and are very portable sewing projects. So here you go! Here's how I make them! I hope that you enjoy!
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When it’s hot who wants to keep changing out their outfit, skirts. They look really cute especially together
I feel like this would be a really good first project. Minimal cutting, straight seams, and a simple cute and functional optional hack. Thank you for sharing ❤
Just starting to get back into sewing again, after a pandemic-induced slump. Several members of the GBACG are going to walk in the Rose, White, & Blue Parade in San Jose on the 4th of July (in costume, of course), so I am working on a 19-teens linen walking skirt for that. I have also been researching Italian folk dress for a few years, and was able to purchase a 19th century Roman folk costume last year, which I would like to copy. Still looking for the right fabrics and trims for that, because Italian folk dress is really rare to find (Mussolini's government encouraged people to throw away their "old things" and that attitude is still prevalent through most of the country, so people aren't making accurately-styled new folk costumes), and the styles changed based on the town that a person was from. The dream is to make a traditional costume from one of the towns that my great-grandparents were born in, and wear it to the Festa Italiana one year.
Oooh! A new thing I don't know! *grabs notebook* Really neat, great video!
Love those petticoats. On my to do list. Actually moved up the to do list as they are so simple.
Thank you for showing the blind hem. Always wanted to try it but could never work out how it went.
I watch a lot of Time Team Classics while I'm working on projects, mostly crochet right now. Two afghans, a fall cardi, and yet another shawl.
Me too! On watching Time Team while sewing. It just fits the mood.
Love the Chronicles of St Mary's. I'm on my second listening. The linen is goooorgeous
Thank you for the blind hem explanation! I have never understood why someone would use one before, but I'm browsing amazon for one right now because that hem finish is gorgeous.
Your videos are so lovely. I watched this while making eggs. Very good for that purpose
Coming back to this gem bc I’m making a hobbit outfit for a dnd character! Just dyed my skirt fabric with tea and while I rinse and wash and dry it I thought I’d come here because I remember watching this and thinking, yay, that looks easy, let me save that for later 😊🎉 thanks Noelle!
I love the button/ribbon idea. Brilliant.
I love the blind sewing foot stitch! I really don't sew at all (incase it isn't obvious), but there is something super satisfying about the even by hand invisible look on the outside but the secret mountains on the inside that just makes me super happy.
I have a skirt that needs it's hem redone since the original hem fell out after 2 washes, and just seeing your videos let's me chill and benefit by learning things via osmosis. I love it!
I hope your vacation in Seattle was great and thanks for being as awesome as always. :)
girl youve gone above and beyond to give us content and on your vacation too!!! The skirts look amazing! Question, what made you decide on the exquisite color choices, cause it really makes them pop!
They were purchased to go with a specific fabric that will be the jacket!
@@Costuming_Drama ooooo thats so cool!!!!!
The polonaise on them looks so awesome! Who needs historical accuracy when they come out that cute? I will have to check out that book series when I am done with Mr. Pratchett (or maybe I will take a break and go back and forth between them).
These are my favorite skirts to make and wear and the moment. I made two wool ones last winter and just finished a black lightweight linen one for summer. They are all basically for History bounding/everyday wear. This being the case, I figured out how to put pockets in them. (I didn't feel like making separate pocket bags).
literally just commented that I want to make skirts like this for every day with pockets - how did you do it if you don't mind me asking?
@@devh6168 I cut out two large squares of thinner scrap material, larger than my hands. I did a narrow hem all around each one, except one side which was a nice selvedge. Placing the selvedge edge on top, I hand stitched the squares inside the skirt straddling the pocket slits so that the top edge is anchored on either side of the slits on the waist tape about 2 inches back. I fooled around pinning it til I was happy with how it was placed before sewing. All three sides other than the top edge. I also stitched up the slits a bit more so that it would hold more. When you put the skirt on, you kinda have to tuck the top of the pocket back into the waist but if the fabric is thin enough, it doesn't create bulk. The effect is like a pocket bag but it's part of your skirt. I hope that made sense but if not, I would be happy to pop up a little tutorial on my Instagram.
@@studious_nonchalance this is EXACTLY what I was picturing in my mind! Thank you!!!!
@@devh6168 you are so welcome! Enjoy your pockets! :)
As a plus sizer and loving the 30s, I'm really looking forward to the next shirt video.
I'm currently listening to David Crowther's "The History of England" podcasts, which are really well presented and entertaining. And reading The Shack by William Young.
Perfect timing! I’m about to start a project! I’m making an adorable little watermelon print dress for my friend’s baby, due in a few weeks. Love your vlogs while I sew. It’s like I’m hanging out with a sewer, lol.
Those are nice skirts. I like the way they close. As someone who has just spent weeks altering clothes I wish modern clothing was as simple.
Most of what else I have been doing is weeding. Endlessly weeding. Last summer was hot and smoky into the fall so even the fall work didn't get done. So the weeds took over. We have this nasty invasive weed that you can't get rid off. So garden fabric and lots of mulch and constant vigilance.
I am not reading anything new. Just sort of watching old TH-cam videos while I knit and glare at the pile of clothing to alter. Some got donated.
Just read Man O' War my Cory McCarthy and HIGHLY recommend!
I love a good blind hem! But I always have to stare at it or do a test piece because it’s just really counter-intuitive to me! Fun projects!
Ohhhh yes. Always a test piece!
I am watching so many shows, like stranger things and umbrella academy. I hand sewed my own version of Bernadette's pirate shirt because I wanted a yoke and it turned out amazing! I think I'm going to keep doing hand sewing projects while I work on my house because I miss sewing and don't want to wait til I have my machine. I think a cloak is next, it's a commission a friend has been patiently waiting on.
I've seen these done before, but you did a nice job of explaining them! I like the loop and button idea; it's a much less destructive option than pinning a skirt up, and it should hold better than tucking it into a waistband. I think trained wedding dresses have something similar so they can be bustled.
“I just don’t want to.” Is a perfectly valid reason in my book. 😆
The ribbon and button loop cheat - 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 I love that!
I knew this was the one I wanted to do and had to go searching. Thank you so much for making the info so very clear. I am planning on making mostly linen ones, but maybe some slightly heavier (I live in South Florida), all for daily wear. Both pleated and gathered.
Pretty skirts! I especially like the green one!
I just figured out that hot, muggy nights are *not* suitable for spinning muga silk thread… XP Ah, well; I have about… (what feels like) A hundred spindles of wool on the go! Fine merino is just as bad as silk for getting ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE. Fluff-barf is blegh.
Love the clever way of tying them up and stacking them!
This is a godsend! I just ordered the American Duchess guidebook as well and your video is super handy for a live demo
Yay glad to hear it!
Excellent. Saving this to my Favourites folder, for future use. Thank you! :D
Really enjoyed this one! I've made some petticoats for my mom but this makes more sense than some of the methods I used. Will be adapting for sure, and thank you for the blind hem tutorial. I don't even know if we have that foot but now I know what everyone's talking about. Just finished a little wall hanging for the Star Wars Celebration pins my BFF sent me from her trip to Anaheim, and I've been devouring content from Ask a Mortician here on YT.
Making skirts like these are on my to-do list and I'm just piles of jealous right now about how beautiful they are! I've got some linen and some wool set aside to make them and I just need to do it but I also have a garden to harvest and preserve and a family reunion to run so they are just going to have to wait. I've been listening to the HP audiobooks. I listen to them every year starting around this time so I finish them in time for spooky season. Love your videos - even if I can't get them watched in a timely manner :)
awww there's no timely manner! They are there for you for whenever you have time for them!
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT STICH WAS FOR ON MY MACHINE, YOU ARE A GOD SDEND, 😂🤣 I've been sewing for 9years
I have no less than four projects on the go 😂 two for myself (a pair of trousers from Lady McElroy cobra corsage in black twill and a very colorful summerdress out of blue and orange wax print Vlisco fabrics) The other two are a red stretch lace flamenco shirt and a red satin jacketdress for my flamenco teacher 💃🏻 . Lots to do and I enjoy your video to have on the background. Like having a talk with my sewing friend while working 😘
Wow those all sound awesome
I'm finally reading the Wheel of time, well listening to it lol and now I want to make Moraine's costume from the show lol Cause I've got time lolololol
PERFECT TIMING! I have some very old house skirts that were purchased and it is 100% time to say goodbye to them. a shortened version of these (with perhaps pockets if I can figure out how) would be the bomb. Biggest news for me is that I finally bit the bullet and got a new machine after fighting with my current one and I am SO IN LOVE. I never knew sewing could be so easy! I breezed through a tunic length wearable mock up for a dress (Tessuti fabrics Bondi Dress). Cut the turquoise blue linen out yesterday and and I hope to have it done by the end of the long weekend. Currently listening to the Discworld serious b/c somehow I never read it? Then I have to trial run a tunic pattern that my mom and I are going to do a long distance sew along together :)
Wonderful!!
THANK YOU for explaining the blind hem machine stitch!
I am making curtains out of a silk sari that I no longer wear....I need to line them & found an orphan sheet that is a perfect match...I needed to hand roll the sides I cut because it raveled just looking at it and would jam my machine if I tried to use it...the sheet can be done on the machine.....I never hand rolled anything and muddled through one side & thought dum-o maybe youtube has something on how to do it...yes...the one that was easiest was by a left handed sewer & I got the hang of it...looks good enough .....still finding time with energy to finish...looks pretty so far
Oh and if you want to know what us other people are doing, well, I have decided I absolutely love wearing linen/ramie chemises 18thC - the ones with the long sleeves, nice and roomy - and so I have made two long ones and one shorter one. One, I used the machine and stitched the hem, as you say, straight across, no blind hem (never tried that - if I want it to be invisible, I hand sew it so I'll definitely be trying that blind hemming particularly since I have the right foot - thanks for the explanation). And I wanted to make an 1890's skirt, so I tried my hand at corset making and six or seven failed corsets later, decided that the mock up of the skirt uses way too much fabric (I used an old duvet cover which will be used as a petticoat when I alter it) and so after having reduced the bulk at the back, it occurred to me that I could just do the skirt like the petticoats in this video but make it flatter at the front (less pleats, so a more shaped front piece rather than a rectangle) and then have pleats at the back. The advantage of that model would be the openings at the side for the pocket I enjoyed making and might even embroider at some point. Having said that, I have perhaps worn a skirt about six or seven times in my whole life, but now I think it'd be nice and warm with woolly leg coverings, several petticoats, and the cloak I am in the process of making (from an 1885 pattern of a Grande Rotonde). So, I think it safe to say that I am floating through the centuries willy-nilly and enjoying it very much. And now I think I'll just go visit my cliff dwelling on ARK and see if I can manage not to get eaten by the carnotaurus I might try to tame. He's been hanging around my beach house so it's a case of be eaten or tame him or hide from him or kill him.
They look great together and I love the buttons and loops idea.
I’m not doing much of anything right now. Just trying to catch up on all the things. It’s been a couple of weeks of going to do something and either getting interrupted or discovering that you have to do 6 things first before doing the thing. It’s frustrating and makes me feel behind even though there’s no deadline for any of it. We believe that we have found all the tiny holes in the fence the dog can get out through. The last one was found after he went on a walk about on the hottest day this year. I was two blocks away when my husband phoned to say he was in the yard looking pleased with himself! But that was hours of unplanned time ending with more chicken wire attached to the fence! Little dogs are complicated!! I really need to get some wins in soon! Unfortunately almost everything on the list is complicated and includes things like packing up a room for a complete make over while doing regularly scheduled life stuff!
Oh man, I completely know that feeling! Everything takes way longer than you think. Sigh. Just make a list and then a breakdown list and do a little bit each day and you will get there!
OMG literally yesterday I wanted to blind hem a 90's summer dress I made so I could wear it out, but I forgot how, so I just running stitched it. I think I just don't have the right foot for the machine I was using. Thanks for the quick rundown on these petticoats; I want to make a few for everyday wear, and your pleating explanation makes a lot of sense.
You can actually do it with a regular foot too, but you have to be *really* careful about how you feed it in!
You always explain things so clearly, and don't fuss over the unimportant details. That gives us the freedom to learn, but adapt if something doesn't work for us. Thank you for that! I also agree with others here that the colors are lovely! Look forward to seeing what they'll go with! Currently watching the finale of Stranger Things, and reading The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, both fabulous!
They look beautiful! The polonaised version with all three skirts is a look in itself ❤
I love the easy way! Thank you for showing how you wear them together and gather them up. Most recent read was "State of Terror" by H. Clinton and L. Penny. Enjoyed it. Most of my free time over the past 6 weeks has been spent with my cats, especially the now 12-week-old Albus Dumbledore. The next youngest is nearly 10 years older, so tom Hershey and kitties Scarlett O'Hara and Maggie Minerva McGonagal--yes, I'm an HP & FB fan--are still adjusting to the very energetic kitten. Scarlett, who is very loving, plays with him a lot and helps me keep him entertained.
Looooove the loop and button thing. Will definitely add that to my skirts 😍
Welcome to Seattle!
My project this week is to make a posh,wooden hay box,thermal cooker. Back wrecked,arms wrecked,hands ditto. Box looks really nice..got to sew a pad to go in the top,so Almost a sewing project!
I'm working on my summer wardrobe while learning how to draft my own patterns. It's hard, but I love it!
I’m working on support spindle spinning and rewatching Motherland Fort Salem
This video feels like a well deserved treat! I’m intrigued to see your artistry! 👏🏽
Another wonderful video. I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for doing these videos. They are always so fun and informative. Love them. And, they always seem to drop when I need them most. They are an incredible escape as well. So thank you so much.
💖💖💖 very glad to oblige!
Fun!!
Tomorrow in sewing class I'm starting a shirtwaist, my first. I bought linen in London and also have a nice striped cotton. Thinking about making 2 of them, one 3/4 sleeved & one long sleeved. We'll see when we get to class.
I hope it goes well!
I also love to sew along with you
Today, I got ready to sew on some pockets (placement & threading a few needles)
I will be thinking about this way too much because I can't figure out why is is so engaging. Always glad to see you.
Hello. Love your videos and I am currently working on a late 1880's Hedwig inspired bustle gown for a HP event in Florida in January. Keep up the videos and your little tips and tricks eally help.
Super cute! I like the color combo and they are great together and separate. I'm working on a mix between 50s bodice and circle skirt. We'll see how it turns out. I wanted a quick-ish dress to make since I do most of it by hand lol.
Fun!
Just made two peasant style blouses out of some viscose I had hanging around. Reading wise I've been rereading the Wheel of Time series interspersed with some other less challenging stuff.
Hooray for portable projects! (I also knit, so I usually travel with knitting instead of sewing projects). I'm currently working on my wardrobe for the Dandy Wellington cruise - a mix of 40s and 50s outfits - and I have ordered some yarn to knit a 40s sweater.
You are delightful and comforting, just like a good sewing buddy should be. My mother taught me to sew by machine years ago and it only occurred to me recently, that I should try hand sewing. I mean, I like handwork, why wouldn't I like hand sewing?
I finished a couple pairs of bloomers on a long car trip while my husband drove instead of my normal crochet project and it was super fun, minus the bumps and occasional yelps from stabby needles! 😂 Thank you for the gentle reminder about judgement and hemming. I really do appreciate it.
I am currently reading a book about how we are all cousins and the universal family reunion, that man makes genealogy enjoyable, truly. A.J. Jacobs, It's All Relative is the title. Bought it for my brother who is the family genealogist, started to read a bit just to make sure it was good and got sucked in! 😆 I would definitely recommend it.
As far as projects go, gardening is just taking over everything currently, figuratively and literally. I am also working on a shawl for donation to our local art collective, they need a new roof. Carving clay tiles with art nouveau and art deco motifs along with Pacific NW botanicals etc for making plates, which is super cool and has put my bloomer making addiction on the back burner...
Good times. Thanks for asking and being genuinely interested. I appreciate you and am glad to hear about what you have been up to. Thanks for the recommendations and advice Lovely! ❤️
That book sounds fascinating! I’ll have a look! Thanks!!
I love the blind hem foot. Alter the “width” when it doesn’t catch, you can also alter the needle position, it will help.
I tried literally ALL needle positions and it did nothing. Sigh
@@Costuming_Drama sometimes it is just about doing a thing that won't make you want to bang your head against a desk. 6 TIMES?! You are officially a saint for trying that move more than 3 times in my book.
I love making petticoats like these for my gowns but sometimes I have to make the petticoat attached to the bodice or to an underbodice just to keep it up on my waist for some gowns (kinda round gown style in a way but not really) but these are perfect for historical costumes and History bounding.
Hey Noelle,
Loving the fun colors you chose for the skirts. The name of the color you are looking for is celery green. It sure was good to see you!
Have a great week,
xoxo's Sandie
Yep! That’s the one!
nice video, it's something on my to do list. i need to sew a lot of medieval clothes first.
I've only just finished my first bustle, inspired by your lady watson
i am watching the merlin series and read the golden compass
That book is so good!!
Hi Noelle! Loved the tutorial. Lowkey will be needing this fairly soon so I'm just gonna save this in a playlist for myself XD
Still tortuously hand-sewing that 18thc stays mockup that seems to never die but I also finally started OFMD! So I have something to watch while my hands cry from being stabbed for the thousandth time lol.
No stabbing!!! 💖💖💖
I was literally at the end of the video when I realized why you’d done 50” for each of the tapes; so that EACH can tie around your waist. Sometimes I forget how the older waistbands work, clearly. :)
Yeah and I should have made them longer!! 🤣
Another great video. Really like your hack for lifting the skirts. May have to incorporate into some of my dance skirts. Recently performed with my RSCDS group at the Highland Games and constantly found myself using any excuse to ruffle my skirt just for air movement. It was great fun but very hot. Sewing-wise I have been altering my recently acquired summer weight wool tartan skirts. Usually just need to take out a pleat or two and insert a new waistband. Really loving the flexibility pleating allows for as I am trying to get into more athletic shape - really wanting to go backpacking this fall and need to be in better shape. That said I’ve managed to get a sinus infection and the meds mess me up a bit so the only thing I’ve been watching is The Sword and the Brocade and reading the subtitles (it’s a Chinese period drama). It really has me wanting to take up my embroidery again!
Oh I hope you feel better soon!!
my current project is crocheting a big blanket in trinity stitch in "petrol" colour (what it's called in german) for my mother despite my thumb acting up since i overdid it trying to screw in a thing for my ikea desk hahaha and i just finished watching the good place for the first time (sadly i'd already seen the big twist of s1 on tumblr years ago) and it was really good 🥺 planning on listening to all of percy jackson and heroes of olympus on audible eventually
Love the colours. They look very sweet polonaised. I am currently crocheting Jason Funderburker (the frog from Over the Garden Wall) for a friend as a surprise. Have a lovely day. Take care.
You know, I really should watch that show sometime
@@Costuming_Drama It's odd and cute
This was cool to see; I semi-recently made myself some modern skirts based on essentially petticoat design, and just wear leggings with side pockets which I can access in the side slit. haha. Worked surprisingly well and best yet I can layer several for winter chill without issue.
I'm just starting some new projects: I recently got a powerchair and on my first outing my shins immediately protested the cold. So I'm hoping to make a few full length skirts to mix and match as outer and under layers to help with that while still being comfy and cute. I don't like pants when sitting for a long time, so blanket skirt to the rescue.
I never thought about that! I notice my skirts will droop once i load up the pockets but with leggings they wont fall as easily from the weight. I live in a cooler climate so I might try this combo
Yay blanket skirt!
I am in the midst of a crochet hat scarf and maybe mittens project. I am reading The Mirror and the Light, third book in Hillary Mantel 's Wolf Hall series. It's last since Cromwell dies at the end I suspect.
I love the skirts, and your hack is brilliant!! I am certain that it would be used by any sensible person in the 18th century!!
I have been switching back and forth between alterations, and sewing a pair of linen overalls. It has gotten very warm here on Vancouver Island, so mostly I sit and melt.
Awww and you guys don’t have AC yet, do you? I think lots of people in the northern regions are going to have to at least get window units soon. I can’t see the planet getting any cooler any time soon…
Loved these!!! So simple ⭐️also love the I’m allowed to just not like or want to do things no explanation needed 🙌 I have been practicing this 🌸just finished binge listening to all the back issues of Maintenance Phase including the Patreon lol 😂 I couldn’t help myself sooo good 😊 researching Victorian era inspired space cowperson cosplay for a pride event in August 🌈💙💜💕
Hey Noelle, I am finishing my journey shawl slowly, had to order more yarn. I'm also listening to Elantris at the moment, one of my favorites and as a composer on Spotify there will be 15.1% increase from 2018 to 2022!!!
Oh that’s awesome!!
They look super cute! Also I'd been wondering about the blind hem, I've never done one before.
I'm currently working on a victorian inspired drag outfit that's also a Trixie Mattel cosplay 😁
After talking a break to make a swimsuit and a dress for Pride (and a matching shirt for my son), I'm back to working on a pair of linen dresses. I figured out the buttonhole attachment for my vintage machine, so that's the next step.
As far as the polonaising or any other 'adjustments' or 'liberties' you take with making any historical costumes, I would guess that if you thought to do whatever it is you do, then there is a good chance that some woman back then also thought it'd be a good idea. I really do not believe that everyone obediently, docilely, wore the same as everyone else. Look around and look at how people modify their clothes, even the dedicated followers of fashion. People are people. I like your videos because I think they are true to being human when it comes to clothes and reminds us that we as a species have always had individuals in our midst who did things differently. It's great. Thanks for the video.
Hi, I'm crocheting a bouquet of flowers to attach to a handbag.
That’s awesome!
I know it's the height of summer but I'm always cold so I'm currently working on a cape/short cloak. The outside is a black and grey wool but the inside is green cat print rayon fabric that my aunt sent from Germany. 🤣
I’m making 3 medieval silk Houppelandes for Renaissance Faire. Purple. Blue. And brown. Huge trains huge sleeves! I’ll be fierce!
Awesome!
Very smart, always allow for bad wifi/nothing on hotel cable so bring sewing and/or a book. Would there ever be an occasion to wear all 3 (maybe too poufy/polonaise) all together? They looked striking all together on the model.
That’s absolutely the point
I thought I hit comment, but it went away. Hope this doesn't end up duplicated:
I have a very important appointment tomorrow, so I'm reading some PNR to give 'reason' to my anxiety. I'm reading Keri Arthur's Riley Jensen Guardian series. The high stakes and nice smut help give a 'reason' to my nerves. The plot and the smut play nicely with each other, too, which is nice.
Lovely skirts ^^ All you need is a nice vesty type thing and then an overcoaty type thing for the hobbity type outfit :) The colors look really nice together, even the weird wall colored one.
So, my parasocial friend, I ask for good thoughts for tomorrow...and I shall high back to my book.
Sending you ✨✨✨magical ✨✨✨ thoughts for tomorrow!!
@@Costuming_Drama Quick update, since I finally heard, but at an optimistic that it'll bend my way, but still 50/50, should know in 2-9 weeks....so, when you can spare a good thought for a parasocial friend, it would be appreciated. Thank you for your good thought so far and being a friend :)
skirt color: celery? cool idea about the loops and buttons.
Yay, petticoats! Always a fun travel project. Gotta admit, you mentioned looking for the pocket slit then looking for the seam bulge within a few sentences, and my mature self had a good giggle.
Just started watching Mr. Sunshine, have you seen it? I think the pacing's a little slow and self indulgent, but it's a good story and the cinematography is incredible 🤩
And something needs to keep me occupied while hand sewing like 80 yds of white soutache onto my Bowie gown. Hate myself rn.
Ok but “Bowie gown” sounds amazing…
@@Costuming_Drama Thank you! I'm excited. I took the black and white striped Kansai Yamamoto jumpsuit ( media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/newscms/2016_02/930291/ss-160111-bowie-fashion-1973d.jpg ) and am making it into a robe à l'anglaise. Because I'm a masochist.
I would call that color key lime pie.
I so wish i had that foot when I made my prom dress 20 years ago. The hours it took to do 8-10 meter hem by hand with just take 1 thread here and there
Oh man, yeah!
As someone that does Faire, the ribbon/button cheat is brilliant. I have a heavy belt that I have skirt loops on but this is way easier and lighter!
The seamstress who did the alterations for my wedding gown created a bustle for the train by using ribbons like that. I should look to see exactly how but I know it involved corresponding loops and threads of matching ribbon so you just match the colors and it bustled. I think my wedding dress might still be bustled... and its been almost 5 years. LoL
Hahahaha yeah mine did too!
The colors remind me of Hamilton "Angelica, Eliza, and Peggy" lol
Thumbs up 👍 even though I was curious why you didn't pull a thread to start then take your measurement. Pulling the thread on linen one of my favorite things about working with linen ! 😀❤ I liked the yellow green skirt on you best maybe because it was a heavier weight it fell so beautifully 😍. They look cute together too. 👍for blind hemming. With that gorgeous Janome machine i've got wonder ( hint hint) that there isnt a cover stitch to use instead of zig zag? It would up your game 😉 lol . I'm reading Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin, totally fascinating though am reading it in timed 30 min. periods as a break from sewing. My sewing is the second jk sleeves shortening from the top! The first turned out so well! I was happy 😊. Suggestion: what about popping a short clip in say this video of the struggles with the top. We are here for you and could possibly help 💗 even if it's just to listen. Take care 🙂
I’m sure there is a cover stitch but that would take up 3 times as much thread for the same effect so why bother, especially on garments I don’t wear very often!
The button thing is brilliant! :D And it helped me figure out the skirt(s) I'm making. I'm doing a linnen skirt (double sirkle) and I wantet to be able to hike it up in the front for stairs, walking etc. But I tried drawstring, and that don't work as well as I hoped. But the buttons will! :D Thank you! (^_^)
So, I am currently stumbling through the process of making a portable case for my antique Singer 128. It's a hand crank which despite the hype of it being portable is still heavy! So, rolling case. Which just goes to show I'll do nearly ANYTHING to avoid hand sewing! 😆 I really like that petticoat style, it makes it easier to navigate the whole waist gain/loss issues. Have you ever thought about making a quilted one for winter?
I live in California! What is “winter”? These are, honestly, more than enough for our winter!
But you travel to colder places, don't you? I hear England gets nippy! 😂
I love the skirts! I love hobbits! I would love to see a hobbit costume. I'm currently sewing a lightweight summer blouse (by hand because my machine is broken and needs to be repaired), I also have two almost finished kalimbas on my woodworking bench, and I'm re-reading the Joe Pitt series by Charlie Huston.
Oh no broken machine!
@@Costuming_Drama I loaned it to my mum and now the tension doesn't work. I have no idea what she did to it, but I have to bring it in to be looked at.
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Thank you! I knew it was simple, I just didnt know what to do with the twill tape. Do you know about how many yards you used for each one?
It’s usually 2.5 but it’s easy to figure out because it’s 2 x your waist to hem (plus hem) measurement.
Just saw this video...I didn't get notified about it when it came out. I will have to go to your home page to keep up, I guess. Love these skirts, especially since they are made out of linen. Great for summer. What type of top would you wear with them, or are you planning to make a certain type of blouse or bodice for them? Thanks so much!!
Oh that’s strange. You can probably click the bell icon again and it will put you back with notifivations
OF COURSE it is okay that you don't want to take photos - that is always a valid reason!!!
PS the petticoats are gorgeous and I love them.
Novice question: why is each half tied at the front and back? I pictured side ties for some reason and wondered if that was at all a thing?
You know I used to tie them at the sides too, but evidently this makes them cross over eachother more for better coverage and is more secure than side ties. And it’s true, they are very secure.
@@Costuming_Drama that is excellent to know, thank you!!
When you finish the Chronicles of St. Mary's try the Oxford Time Travel series by Connie Willis. In the second book, there is a few funny scenes with the absolutely cranky historic costumer who works for the time travel department.
Will do!
I hem mine with sergered edges I really cheat. I sometimes throw trim on top of it
I just read the first Magnus Chase book (in ~1 week after not reading anything for a year 😳) Never read any Percy Jackson books so I'm kind of starting at a strange point I think, but the 10-y/o Norse mythology nerd within me was more excited about these ones 👌
I'd started on a new wig for an autumn con, but went to ER for endometriosis reasons this weekend so wig work feels a bit too high stakes atm ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (Feeling much better today tho, got my first anti-pain shot which helped A Lot 🙏) So I dug up a long stitch project I started 1-2 years ago and have been catching up on yt videos, majestically draped across my bed 💪
Yay for feeling better!!! 🎉🎉🎉
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