More Underpinnings

[atherleisure]

I'm continuing to work on my 1880's underpinnings. The corset cover and bustled petticoat are finished. Now I just have a couple more petticoats to make, and I'll be finished. That's the worst part about a new era - miles and miles of whites.

I chose to make a petticoat with steels instead of an independent bustle since I knew I needed about three petticoats anyway. This killed two birds with one stone.





The patterns for both are from Bustle Era Fashions. Both ended up too big. I took inches out of each because they weren't even close. Now I'm wondering how the bodice pattern I drafted will do since I used the same rule as I did for the corset cover.

Comments

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

When I drafted up patterns from Fashions of the Gilded age, the chemise and petticoat were both way too big, but the bodice turned out a touch small; all were drafted with the same ruler. Weird stuff.

The petticoat with steels is so interesting! And yeah, all the whites are usually what stall me with historical sewing. So tedious!

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

Pretty underthings!