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Celestia ludenberg sprites1/3/2023 If not, you may wish to lay them on top of each other to keep the seam on the underside. If you’re planning to put ribbon on the seams, just simply lay the two pieces next to each other. I find it easiest to align the seams and then gather everything together from there. Then start attaching the loops together from bottom to top. Take the bottom loop (the largest one) and finish the bottom as you like, with lace or hemming. Mine were 1, 2, 4, and 8 strips for each tier. The previous math will tell you how many strips for each tier. #Celestia ludenberg sprites full#If you’re using 2 yard (1.8 m) strips, that gives you a full 16 yards (14.6 m) of length around the base of each layer.įirst, the strips are sewn together to make a loop for each tier. Each tier’s circumference is just double the length of the previous one. You won’t notice much of a difference if you’re off by a few inches though. For a larger petticoat, make the strips longer, and for a smaller petticoat, make the strips shorter. A general rule is 2x your hip measurement, but it’s not strict at all and depends on how big of a petticoat you want. If you’re used to using meters, you could also use 2 meters to make it easy. To keep it easy, you can just work with 2 yard strips (1.8 m), especially if your hip measurement is around a yard (36″, 0.9 m). Add a small amount to account for seam allowance, maybe 1/2″ (~1.25 cm), and that will be the height of your strips. Take your length measurement, subtract the waistband and lace trim measurements from that, and divide it into how many tiers you would like. Note that if you’re doing a shorter petticoat, the more tiers you add, the more you might struggle with bulky fabric up close to your sewing machine. I usually use four, but you can use however many you want. For waistbands, I like to use 1″ wide (2.54 cm) heavy duty elastic.ĭecide how many tiers you would like. Also plan out if you would like to add a lace trim and how wide you want the waistband to be. You will need to know your waist measurement and the length you would like the final petticoat to be. The first part of planning out a petticoat is math. This is how I made my outfit, not necessarily the best way to do it, so change things as you see fit! Since I did make my petticoat this way though, the information included below will be for an A-line petticoat. This is specifically with respect to a tiered skirt like Celeste’s so your mileage may vary with other skirts and purchased petticoats. If you’d like to use a bell shaped petticoat you can, simply make it into two tiers with a shorter one at the top and a longer one below. However, it is probably best to use a bell shaped petticoat, so I would recommend that over the way I did mine. This is one of the cases where gravity is your friend and will squish down the edges of the petticoat. In my experience, using an A-line petticoat will not matter as much as the shape of the skirt/dress going over it for the final silhouette that you will get. I would recommend keeping any netting between layers of organza as netting can be scratchy.įor my skirt I made an A-line petticoat and you may be wondering why you would use an A-line petticoat for a bell shaped skirt. However, the organza I used for the Celeste petticoat was stiff enough that I found the netting layer to be unnecessary, and would probably make it out of just organza if I was doing it again. For the first three petticoats I made, the organza wasn’t stiff enough to hold up well, so there is a layer of netting between two layers of organza. Depending on your organza and netting, you might find the netting unnecessary. For my petticoats I like to use organza and if needed a heavier nylon netting. If you’re making a petticoat yourself, it takes quite a bit of time, so you want to get the longest lifespan possible out of it. Tulle has a tendency to pack into itself over time and will deflate fairly quickly. So, to make a petticoat strong enough to hold up a skirt like this, a lot of a strong fabric needs to be used.Ī note: I don’t ever recommend using tulle for a petticoat being used to provide volume underneath a skirt (instead of say, to smooth out visible hoops, an overlay, or tutu skirt, all situations where tulle is fine). A hoop skirt could be used, but traditionally petticoats are more prevalent in EGL fashion. Celeste has a very large skirt with a lot of volume.
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