bustle and lace
May. 16th, 2015 04:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabeth_mnSo I have gotten a little sewing done. I made this little ruffle/pad combo bustle and I am very pleased with the late natural form/early 1880s not-quite-a-bustle-again-yet shape. Modest enough for Laura Ingalls I think!
I made it with green polka dot cotton. I had big plans for a stripe but I couldn't find one crisp enough to make the ruffles nice. So I dug this out of the stash.
I made a base of white twill that I stitched the ruffles to. Then I made two pads: the first one is large and flat and filled with layers of cotton quilt batting; the second is little, stuffed with fiberfill, and tufted. At first I tried to just use the large flat pad but it wasn't enough.
I graded the sizes of the batting insert layers to make the edge less abrupt. Then I basted them all together before putting it inside the twill cover. Both pads got hand whipped in to the waistband.
The whole thing is kinda-sorta based on the ruffled examples here:
I finished the skirt to go over it. Here it hasn't been hemmed but as of now it is.
And the front.
And I have been working on my tiny knitted lace.
I don't know exactly what size needles these are, because I lost the package, they don't say, and my gauge only goes to 0. But by comparing them to other needles I am guessing they are 000. I am using sz 12 pearl cotton and this 1884 lace pattern. My ravelry page for this project is here.
I made it with green polka dot cotton. I had big plans for a stripe but I couldn't find one crisp enough to make the ruffles nice. So I dug this out of the stash.
I made a base of white twill that I stitched the ruffles to. Then I made two pads: the first one is large and flat and filled with layers of cotton quilt batting; the second is little, stuffed with fiberfill, and tufted. At first I tried to just use the large flat pad but it wasn't enough.
I graded the sizes of the batting insert layers to make the edge less abrupt. Then I basted them all together before putting it inside the twill cover. Both pads got hand whipped in to the waistband.
The whole thing is kinda-sorta based on the ruffled examples here:
I finished the skirt to go over it. Here it hasn't been hemmed but as of now it is.
And the front.
And I have been working on my tiny knitted lace.
I don't know exactly what size needles these are, because I lost the package, they don't say, and my gauge only goes to 0. But by comparing them to other needles I am guessing they are 000. I am using sz 12 pearl cotton and this 1884 lace pattern. My ravelry page for this project is here.
