There's no escaping CADD

[lovetriangle]

I got two of the three pieces successfully mocked up for the gala outfit (which are hilarious in a sort of disturbing way) and got distracted by the stays & petticoat for the chemise dress. *sigh*

I found some pale banana yellow silk in my stash and it was just enough to make a petticoat. I want to get the Diderot stays sewn together by tomorrow night so I can use the holiday weekend to sew all that blessed binding.

Question for the 18c people out there - on a petti for the chemise dress, would that be fairly light or should it have some body to it? I'm using dupioni flat-lined with light cotton muslin and will pleat it back and front to tapes, but I was contemplating binding the hem with this really heavy linen/mohair velvet I have. It will have the same effect as cording it once but I don't want it to stick out too much if it's not supposed to.

What do you think?

Comments

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

My petticoats are linen. I'm just going with the same that I've gone with for my other dresses. I think body is important, as it keeps the dress from looking like what it is--a giant tube. It helps shape it! You don't need too much added shaping to the petticoat though. 18c petticoats do sometimes have bound hems, but you don't need any cording anywhere else...

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I started putting it on but it's the weirdest velvet and shifts all over and I wanted to rip it off, so I'm glad at your answer. :-)