Thankfully Truly Victorian have a great Hoop Petticoat pattern that is absolutely FREE! Even better they promised that no hemming was required and which seamstress doesn't like that!
Materials:
8m of fabric
threat
2 buttons
When my (male and non sewing) friend heard of the fabric requirement he was utterly puzzled on how I could possibly use that much fabric on a single 'skirt' ... his logic ... it would wrap about 5 times around me ... well lo and behold!
Instructions:
While the volume of fabric to deal with complicates things somewhat, the pattern and instructions itself are very simple and I would even recommend them to absolute beginners.
.... piles and piles of fabric ....
I choose some white cotton fabric with a pattern of small white dots, mostly as it was cheap and at this quantities that's a definite consideration. I would have loved to use the suggested Eyelet fabric but at 22 euro a meter I had to draw the line!
I deviated slightly from the instructions by taking the fabric for the waistband from the side rather then the top of section C. As I'm rather tall I need the petticoat to be as long as possible and 15cm less in the circumference make very little difference.
Well I pinned and gathered like there is no tomorrow and the petticoat was done in a few hours. I also decided to use a button closure at the back rather then a drawstring as it looks neater ... and *drumroll* a great looking petticoat finished.
I love the white on white pattern as it adds to the look and the length turned out just right as well.
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