----- Original Message ----- > From: "Suzi Clarke" <s...@suziclarke.co.uk> > To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:55:46 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing? > > > 1770's stays, pocket hoops made of striped ticking, calico petticoat, > and yards or ready made quilted silk that I am trying to wrastle into > a quilted petticoat, without it adding 6" to the waist measurement. > The only way it makes sense is to take a ginormous dart from waist to > hem - not authentic, but then neither is ready made quilting! > > Suzi > >
I would separate/remove the batting/quilting for about six seven inches from the waist - depending on where you'd like that extra to burst into life - so that you are only gathering/pleating one layer of fabric without the batting to the waistband. it's what I've done working with quilted fabrics at seams where I didn't want bulk, trim away batting and extra layers as needed. alex -- So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
