Petticoats, Petticoats, Petticoats

For the last two weeks I have been working on the next step in my 18th Century project ( I'm still working on a better name), THE PETTICOATS! I knew I wanted to make at least three. I knew I was going to make petticoats to go over my pocket hoops. My dress pattern comes with instructions on how to make petticoats so I read up on them before I got started. Well after reading the instructions three time I was still a bit confused on the first few steps a bit. I think it might have been the wording that was throwing me off. I wasn't taking any chances so I searched online for a bit of help, looking for other costumers' tutorials for clearer steps. After reading both the pattern instructions and tutorials, I figured out a way to make my petticoats. The first petticoat is a bit rough since it was done in a midst of confusion but I  figured out a better way for me to do the petticoats the other two came out better.  I wrote down my instructions and put them away for safe keeping.

The Champagne Taffeta Petticoat

The last petticoat I made was the outer champagne taffeta petticoat. It's the petticoat that will be worn on top of the others with the robe a la polonaise. This petticoat was by far the easiest and I made this one faster then the others. I was in the swing of things by the time I made this one. I still have to hem but I ran out of thread and haven't made it to the store yet.

The Candy Color Stripe Petticoat

The second petticoat I made after the trouble I had on the muslin petticoat. After working out and finding a way to make the petticoats that worked for I got started on the candy stripe petticoat. This petticoat was a lot easier than the muslin. I'm thinking about doing a ruffle hem on this one cause it's such a fun  looking fabric so it needs a bit of some thing else.

The Muslin Petticoat

The first petticoat I made. I used muslin cause it's cheap and since it's my first go I didn't want to cut into my fabric. I made this petticoat with the instructions from the dress pattern.  On top of the bit of math I had to do( I hate math) I could figure out exactly how they were telling my to lay out my fabric. By some miracle I got something out of the mess. It looks a bit short on the dress form but on me it's a walking length. It's not perfect not on bit but it works as a 1st under petticoat.

They aren't prefect but they could have been worst.
Next step: dress muslin and fitting

P.S. everything look a bit frumpy on the dress form cause I was taking everything off so I can start another project. I had most of everything off when I remembered I needed to take pictures of the petticoats. So I rushed and threw everything back on Lillian for pictures.