skirt finished

[mandie_rw]

My petticoat provided enough fluff at the hem that I'm able to squeak by without doing any hem facing, happily. I finished fussing with all the ties and elastic this afternoon; also decided it needed just a little bit of bum-padding to look good. The swags are a wee bit uneven, not helped by the skirt-wrangling I was doing immediately prior to taking pics of it. Definitely don't care enough to re-swag, though.

(Haphazard? What do you mean, haphazard??)
 


Well, alright, the front drape in particular is a bit wack...I'll think about redoing it.

And the innards, in case you were curious. I've discovered I like using a mix of grosgrain and elastic for the ties, especially the ones at knee-level. Makes it easier to walk! Never seen that on an original, but then I haven't really done a close inspection of skirt tiebacks (and I honestly don't care that much), haha.
 
On to the drapery and train! Maybe! (I know asymmetry was very popular by this point, but dang, I'm really a symmetrical kinda girl! So I need to see if I can wrangle anything asymmetrical that I don't hate. Not perfectly confident in my abilities there, but...)

Comments

[sewtimely]

Beautiful pleats! Can't wait to see the rest!

[mandie_rw]

Thank you!

[m_of_disguise]

Yaaaaaay for black and white stripes! Can't wait to see the whole outfit! :D

[mandie_rw]

Thank you! They're going to be an absolute beast to get to look decent on the bodice pieces, those stripes, which is why I'm putting the bodice off til last! Heh.