In the middle of all the craziness that was Dickens Fair and the holidays, I got the irresistible urge to make a corded petticoat. I am obviously not sane. Here's how I went about it. First off, I chose to use cotton organdy. I've used this stuff for years as an interlining in bodices, but it's also great for petticoats! While the cords do most of the work of making the petticoat stand out, there's no reason you can't help them along with your choice of fabric. I got my organdy from Stone Mountain and Daughter in Berkeley. Most of the time I've gone there they've had two kinds; one is a very fine, high quality fabric (with a price to match) that I use as an interlining for nice bodices, while the other is cheaper and perfectly fine for petticoats and such. Beware, the cheaper one feels like rough paper and is too stiff straight off the bolt. Once it's washed it has a much better feel to it, and it retains the perfect amount of stiffness. There are two main ways to hold your cords in your petticoat. You can make a single layer petticoat with tucks to hold the cords. Maggie's fabulous corded petticoat would be an example of this method. When using tucks, you'll need to make your petticoat much longer to start with, as it will get shorter with every tuck sewn. Your cords will also be spaced apart at least the width of your presser foot. There are many beautiful examples of this technique, and I do like it. However, for this one I really wanted the look of cords butted right up against each other, so I had to use the second method. An example of corded tucks, using a single layer of fabric. The width of your presser foot dictates how close the tucks can be. If you want your cords packed together tightly with no space between, you'll have to use two layers of fabric. You can use two separate pieces of fabric, or you can simply fold your fabric in two, with the fold becoming your bottom hem. I folded up the hem of my fabric about 15" and put all the cords within that space. An example of cords sewn between two layers of fabric. This method allows cords to be placed right next to each other, with no space in-between. While the above examples use fat cords (saves time, goes quicker), I wanted the look of lots of tiny rows of cording. I've used synthetic rattail in corded corsets before, but I wanted something in a natural fiber, and something that would be relatively cheap considering I'd be using lots of it! I ended up using Sugar 'n Cream cotton yarn after seeing Koshka's beautiful hand-sewn corded petticoat. I ended up using the whole dang thing, and this was just a short petticoat! I started off with a piece of fabric 100" by 45". I sewed the two short ends together to make a tube about 99" wide, then flipped up the bottom edge about 30" with wrong sides facing together and pressed the fold. I wanted a bit of space at the bottom before the first cord, so I stitched my first line about 1" up from the folded edge. I then swapped to a cording/zipper foot. I sandwiched a cord between the two layers of fabric and butted it up as closely as possible to the line of stitching. Only two rows in, eleventy-billion to go! I found that pushing it most of the way into place between the layers, then using my fingernail to push the cord into place from above helped quite a bit (see photos below). Cord between two layers of fabric Cord scooted close to finished rows Use fingernail to snug cord right up against finished rows. I stitched the cord in, pausing every foot or so to stuff and scoot more cord into place. Rather than make a full row, then start over on a new one, I just kept going in a spiral fashion. Had I ended each cord and started a new one, the petticoat would have buckled along the line where all the rows of cording ended. Spiraling the cord also allowed to just continue sewing without pause until I felt a section was complete. You can see where I started at the bottom and ended 25 rows later. I didn't really plan out a design ahead of time, so I sewed cords until I liked the result, then skipped an inch and started a new batch of cording. I ended up with a total of 56 rows! When I started, I was just messing around and wasn't sure if I was making a short petticoat or a longer one. I ended up deciding on short, so I folded the excess fabric at the top over and flat felled it to the top edge of the layer I'd folded up in the beginning. That left me with a finished length of about 20". For the sake of being able to wear it immediately, I put an elastic waistband in. Felled seam and elastic waistband A short corded petticoat like this isn't exactly historical, but I thought I might use it under some knee-length skirts for now. I may replace the elastic with a proper waistband in the future, or I may take the waist out entirely and use this as a corded flounce on a longer petticoat later. I might also add some lace along the bottom edge. For the time being, I think it's cute and functional as is! Have you made a corded petticoat? It's a lot of work, so show off a bit and link to your creation in the comments!

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Exclusively from The Fashion Archaeologist ~ 'History House' Pattern #1904-A-002 for that Edwardian essential, a frilly pair of ladies' "open" drawers or pantaloons, from an authentic 1904 French design. Sewing Skill Level: (2.5/5) Solid Beginner to Intermediate. This style of drawers is a necessary undergarment if you're wearing any antique fashion from about 1899 through 1910, and was indispensable in an Edwardian lady's wardrobe. Most women had several, some had dozens, and there were endless variations on the embellishment. Almost all were made of fine batiste (as in the sample photos), but occasionally they were made of sheer linen or silk. This pattern is developed directly from the 1904 French original, but drafted in a dual-size format (see pattern envelope above for details). The fit is very flexible, and can be made for any size within the measurement range shown. ***Please note that this listing is for the digital (PDF) pattern, not for the finished garment itself.*** How does Etsy's instant digital download work? See: https://www.etsy.com/ca/help/article/3949 for details. This digital pattern can be printed on any home printer, on standard 8-1/2" x 11" (letter-size) paper, or A4 size paper. It is not a diagram or scaled-down sketch that you have to enlarge. Once you print it out and assemble the printed pages, you'll have a regular FULL-SIZE pattern that you can immediately cut out and sew, at a lower price than paper patterns, and of course with no shipping cost. PLEASE NOTE: These are not "instant print" patterns -- the PDF files do need to be opened and the print options selected, but the printing process is quick and easy. Full printing instructions come with each PDF pattern. BEFORE YOU BUY: The Adobe Reader is used around the world and is compatible with most computer operating systems ("OS"). It's already loaded on many computers. But we can't guarantee that Adobe's features will work on every possible OS (especially the very latest MACs). You can easily check to see if Adobe is available for your OS -- just copy the URL below into your browser, go to that Adobe page, then click on the drop-down list of operating systems. If your OS is on the list, then Adobe will work with it: https://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/ Step-by-step sewing instructions are provided (in English) with the pattern download, as well as a copy of the pattern cover, and a photo of sample drawers made from this pattern. These drawers were the usual Edwardian "open" bloomers, i.e. the two leg sections are only joined together at centre front near the top and the garment closes at the top back with a ribbon or twill tape tie and three small buttons. RECOMMENDED SEWING SKILL LEVEL (2.5/5): Solid Beginner to Intermediate. This is a wonderful project for someone who has done some heirloom or antique sewing and wants to try new skills -- the result will be a perfect replica of historic 1904 flounced drawers. RECOMMENDED FABRICS: The photos show this pattern made up in fine, semi-sheer cotton batiste. This design can be made very simple, or very, very fancy with fine French insertion laces, lace appliqués and so on - as much as you desire! Made up in exquisite semi-sheer Swiss batiste, it would be worthy of an Edwardian wedding trousseau. MATERIALS REQUIRED: About 2.5m (3yds) of cotton batiste 140-152cm (55"-60") wide; Plus: Insertion laces, entre-deux, broderie anglaise (eyelet lace edging), narrow twill tape (for the waist tie), 3 or 4 mother-of-pearl buttons, sewing thread. Details are given in the pattern package. Make your Edwardian lingerie set complete with these lovely, frilly drawers! COPYRIGHT REMINDER: All my patterns and the contents of digital files are copyright, not to be copied or distributed by any means or used for commercial garment production without express prior written permission. Both paper and digital patterns are intended for the personal use of the individual purchaser only.

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