Pocket Hoops

[elizabeth_mn]

This morning I wanted to prioritize my sewing, so for once I told The Girl it was just too bad for her and headed to my sewing room directly after breakfast. Finished these up.



Yes, I am in my jammies. Please don't judge.



They are scaled up with no modifications from Corsets & Crinolines (once again, thank you cheap projector). Several years ago I made some very small side hoops based on the same pattern, but reduced in scale. That was a time in my costuming life before I realized that More Is More, and I was worried about making anything too big. For these ones I went full-size with no worries.

I took a tip from the J.P. Ryan pattern and sewed weights into the bottom piece. I do remember my last set of hoops riding up quite a bit, so hopefully this will prevent that.



And with an old petticoat (clearly not cut to go over the hoops!).



Clearly not as huge and awesome as the full hoopskirt, but much easier to manage on crowded streets. I am annoyed with myself for wasting all that time on the big hoop, but at least now I am back on track. This afternoon I plan to make the petticoat to go over these.

Comments

[christylee.livejournal.com]

Those look great!

[undycat.livejournal.com]

Nice!

[madamekat.livejournal.com]

They look great! (she said wearing her own cheetah print jammies) The weights are a nifty idea!

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

Perfect! And I love how you can kind of fold pocket hoops up towards your body to fit into small spaces. If you really feel like you need even more volume you could add a tulle petticoat over them and it would still be crushable.

p.s. I think you look adorable in hoops and jammies!

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

Those look fabulous! Great size and shape for what you are doing.

[jessica barden bandelin (from livejournal.com)]

Can the hoops double as trick-or-treat bags?

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

I think the pocket hoops give a really nice amount of volume! Looks awesome!

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Terrific! The shape is great.

"for once I told The Girl it was just too bad for her"

I really giggled on this. Yay for teaching perspective! :p

[vanessa-lynne.livejournal.com]

Looks good! The more junk you put in them, the less they ride up. Whenever I wear mine, they almost always have: phone, wallet, Chapstick, fan, camera, hankie, keys, hair pins, safety pins, tiny sewing kit....

:)

[the-aristocat.livejournal.com]

Success! They look great!