costumery: bustle skirt rough draft
Jan. 19th, 2011 11:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holliSo I am apparently constitutionally incapably of following instructions when it comes to craft projects, because I started with this and ended up with this:
It's in two pieces-- the apron and the bustle are separate, and hook together. There are still some raw edges that need finishing, and I might redo the draping on the bustle, because it's a little uneven. But it was a good practice run for the fancy version, which I'm thinking about doing in blue-and-silver sari fabric.
What I learned while making it:
- The apron part needs to go farther around the waist, or it risks gapping at the edges. Since this will be worn bysrevans, who is slimmer-hipped than me, it shouldn't be a problem, but when I make one for myself it needs a wider apron.
-Draping a bustle is goddamn difficult
-Broadcloth looks good for this sort of project, but is awfully hard to hand-sew. I may go with something thinner for my own and make up the difference in body with petticoats and a bumroll.
It's in two pieces-- the apron and the bustle are separate, and hook together. There are still some raw edges that need finishing, and I might redo the draping on the bustle, because it's a little uneven. But it was a good practice run for the fancy version, which I'm thinking about doing in blue-and-silver sari fabric.
What I learned while making it:
- The apron part needs to go farther around the waist, or it risks gapping at the edges. Since this will be worn by
srevans, who is slimmer-hipped than me, it shouldn't be a problem, but when I make one for myself it needs a wider apron.-Draping a bustle is goddamn difficult
-Broadcloth looks good for this sort of project, but is awfully hard to hand-sew. I may go with something thinner for my own and make up the difference in body with petticoats and a bumroll.
