Saturday, May 24, 2014

A Bodacious Bustle

One undergarment down one to go! I used the Truly Victorian TV101 pattern and it went together easily. I'm not a fan of how it tilts back but I tried just about everything to fix it and no luck so I'll live with is and compensate with the petticoat
Era: Early 1870's
Materials: Steel hoop wire, Cotton-bamboo blend muslin, poly-cotton blend bias tape
Cost: eh like $50 maybe? The wire was $32 and I bought the muslin by bolt
Time: 5 hours I think. I cut it and started sewing but didn't really do a bunch on it until yesterday
How Accurate is it: 50%. I doubt they had cotton-bamboo blends back then. Or poly-cotton bias tape. 




2 comments:

  1. Awesomeness! You make me want to dig in to my Grand Bustle pattern. In terms of the tilting, have you tried taking in the front panels at the waistband? They look a little long. That might fix it.

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