Welcome back! Shari continues in our final video of our bespoke series, in this installment we're going to work on the petticoat. The large surface area of the petticoat makes it an ideal canvas to try your hand at any number of embellishing techniques. Looking through various collections of antique Victorian petticoats, you will find some beautiful applications of inset lace, pintucks, pleating, ruching, pintucks, piping, bias trims, embroidery, quilting, cording, ribbon work, and cutwork. We could probably do a whole course on embellishing petticoats... and perhaps we should! To complete this particular series, I am going to show you how to make an interesting layered ruffle inspired by Victorian Era petticoat I came across. It is an easy way to add texture and depth to a plain ruffle.
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This was one of my favorite topics. Really sparked my imagination and loved all the wonderful tips. Thanks!
I love all your Historical Patterns and have most of them. I use to really enjoy your wonderful newsletters too and saved all the information about fabrics, sewing and history. Thank you for this marvelous class. I am hoping you will do some more Sewing of Historical Patterns.
Yes. Please do a course on embellishing petticoats! I think it would be awesome. Thank you for this series; I have learned so much. You are wonderful.