Thank you for all your wonderful tutorials. I have finished my first petticoat, a test run using bed sheet remnants and sewn on an electric machine. But now I am ready for making one from wool and using hand stitching. I will be shopping your website for all manner of fabric and notions in the not too distant future.
I am sure I’m over thinking this but I’ve got a lovely striped fabric with the stripes running from salvage to salvage its 58 inches from salvage to salvage... how’s the best way to keep the striped verticals and not waist 20+ inches of fabric? When I’m cutting my panels? So I’ll be hemming or maybe keeping the salvage fringe as the bottom hem to give you an idea of what I’m thinking..? Any tips or pointers on that or should I just do it and save the scraps for smaller projects? You all are awesome thank you again for the lovely content though last year it was more needed than I think I noticed. ❤️🌻
If you can get by with a 29 inch long petticoat, you can bind the top (no length waste) and bind the bottom with tape. A shorter petticoat ( mid calf) is seen in German working class and sometimes in other lower social levels.
@@BurnleyandTrowbridge thank you so much! I will see if I can make that work! Otherwise I’ll just have some pretty scrap pieces to make a work bag or something with.
Hi Cecilia. The underpetticoat here is a mock or loom quilted cotton. So it's woven to look quilted but isn't quilted by hand. These were very popular in the later parts of the 18th century.
If I’m using 45” wide fabric, I understand I will need more than two sections. My question is, when seaming them up, do the seams need to be at a particular spot on the petticoat or will they just lay vertically where they end up? Does that make sense? They won’t be on either side as if I was using 60” or wider fabric.
Hello Joanne, I replied to your email, but to reiterate, you will want a solid panel across the front with a seam down the center back and two evenly spaced seams to the sides. You will have to cut pocket openings as they will not fall in the seam locations.
Stupid question! So by outer petticoat not to be worn over hoops etc. would this be an additional petticoat worn under those items, or more as a simple skirt of the era, say for working/ laboring etc.? Put more simply is this an outer, or inner garment? Will you cover under petticoats at some time in the future?
No question is stupid 😁. To clarify we are showing you how to make a simple everyday petticoat to be worn over an underpetticoat ( hack coming 2021). We have a hack online for modifying your petticoat to be worn over a bum with information for hoops.
@@shannonbrown7488 if you look at genre art such as “Cries of London” you will find lower socioeconomic levels do not always wear underpinnings especially in working environments.
Hi Laura. Most petticoats in the 18thc were 108 to 120 inches in circumference. Using 54 inch wide to 60 inch wide fabric, you would measure from your waist to the hem length you want plus a couple of inches. Use this measurement times two to get you yardage.
Kari DoRego hi! Go check out our petticoat hack to see the steps you need to take to fit a petticoat over a bum.ua-cam.com/video/dx80qJK_uZM/v-deo.html
Thank you for all your wonderful tutorials. I have finished my first petticoat, a test run using bed sheet remnants and sewn on an electric machine. But now I am ready for making one from wool and using hand stitching. I will be shopping your website for all manner of fabric and notions in the not too distant future.
I made a petticoat thats 4 yards wide and a petticoat that’s 10 to 15 yards wide because I love being extra.
More petticoats are definitely needed here lol :)
Love how this is so minimal, I needed something relaxing after the walking skirt I made (and drafted from a 1891 sewing book)
Making this but knee length for historybounding and I am thriving, thanks for the videos!
Love it! Thank you so much for doing these... they are keeping me sane. :D
Time to petition to rename petticoats "puppercoats"!
What is the white "quilted" looking fabric you show when you are measuring the length of a petticoat @2:53?
It is pre-quilted cotton usually available at big box stores. In the 18thc quilted fabric could be woven on the loom.
I am sure I’m over thinking this but I’ve got a lovely striped fabric with the stripes running from salvage to salvage its 58 inches from salvage to salvage... how’s the best way to keep the striped verticals and not waist 20+ inches of fabric? When I’m cutting my panels?
So I’ll be hemming or maybe keeping the salvage fringe as the bottom hem to give you an idea of what I’m thinking..?
Any tips or pointers on that or should I just do it and save the scraps for smaller projects?
You all are awesome thank you again for the lovely content though last year it was more needed than I think I noticed. ❤️🌻
If you can get by with a 29 inch long petticoat, you can bind the top (no length waste) and bind the bottom with tape. A shorter petticoat ( mid calf) is seen in German working class and sometimes in other lower social levels.
@@BurnleyandTrowbridge thank you so much! I will see if I can make that work! Otherwise I’ll just have some pretty scrap pieces to make a work bag or something with.
**selvage, not salvage
Hi! Great video!! I just have a quick question... what is that white fabric with the little squares called? Is it quilted?
Hi Cecilia. The underpetticoat here is a mock or loom quilted cotton. So it's woven to look quilted but isn't quilted by hand. These were very popular in the later parts of the 18th century.
Of course belly rubs!
If I’m using 45” wide fabric, I understand I will need more than two sections. My question is, when seaming them up, do the seams need to be at a particular spot on the petticoat or will they just lay vertically where they end up? Does that make sense? They won’t be on either side as if I was using 60” or wider fabric.
Hello Joanne, I replied to your email, but to reiterate, you will want a solid panel across the front with a seam down the center back and two evenly spaced seams to the sides. You will have to cut pocket openings as they will not fall in the seam locations.
Question; Should a silk fashion petticoat be lined?
No typically they are not
Stupid question! So by outer petticoat not to be worn over hoops etc. would this be an additional petticoat worn under those items, or more as a simple skirt of the era, say for working/ laboring etc.? Put more simply is this an outer, or inner garment? Will you cover under petticoats at some time in the future?
No question is stupid 😁. To clarify we are showing you how to make a simple everyday petticoat to be worn over an underpetticoat ( hack coming 2021). We have a hack online for modifying your petticoat to be worn over a bum with information for hoops.
@@BurnleyandTrowbridge Would it have been common for women of this period to wear a petticoat without the bum, or hoops?
@@shannonbrown7488 if you look at genre art such as “Cries of London” you will find lower socioeconomic levels do not always wear underpinnings especially in working environments.
What fabric is this? Is it on the BT web site? Thanks for thisA
It is being made with our camlet! Number 6330 Gold Camlet. www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/6330.aspx
I'm a little confused about the amount of fabric I will need. I'm really new to sewing and am not sure what to ask for when I go to the store.
Hi Laura. Most petticoats in the 18thc were 108 to 120 inches in circumference. Using 54 inch wide to 60 inch wide fabric, you would measure from your waist to the hem length you want plus a couple of inches. Use this measurement times two to get you yardage.
How long were petticoats? I'm not quite sure how far down to measure. Ankle length?
Newport Fiber Arts ankle or above ankle is a good general measurement
Do you sell the Bohin needles?
We do! www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/needlesandpins.aspx
What is the difference between a petticoat for over a bum and one that is not?
Kari DoRego hi! Go check out our petticoat hack to see the steps you need to take to fit a petticoat over a bum.ua-cam.com/video/dx80qJK_uZM/v-deo.html
Going there now!!
@@BurnleyandTrowbridge oooh! One more question. Outlander bum roll looks different than the bum pad shown on the hack video. Still accurate?
@@KarinaDoRego I'm not familiar with the Outlander bum,. We used a split bum but you do see single bums.
Resembles a croissant or boppy pillow.
Do I recognize Miss Couturecourtesan?
What era is the corset shown in this video from?
The stays in this video are c.1770s
@@BurnleyandTrowbridge thank you!!