At 12:18 19/07/2006, you wrote:
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.
An original skirt of 1805 in Hunnisett is measured at 90" hem so your
petticoat needs to be narrower than that. That one is straight
lengths. Others are cut narrower at the top. It very much depends on
the shape of your outer skirt, and whether you plan on wearing the
petticoat with other garments. I make mine with straight strips of
fabric, as being less wasteful, which seems to work.
Suzi
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