In a message dated 7/19/2006 6:25:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I can't decide how full the skirt should be. Any idea with yours????? How full is your outer skirt? Make it a little narrower. I make almost all of my early 19th century skirts from "Cut of Women's Clothes," of four lengths of 18" width, for a circumference is 72". This might be more narrow than what you are looking for. Add widths to suit. There is a drawing of a bodiced petticoat in Cunnington's "English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century," made from an actual one in the Cunnington's collection. A photo of it is in their "History of Underclothes." Both of these books were available from Dover--not sure if they still are. Check their website. Ann Wass _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
