DIY V-neck Tiered Dress
Hello, I made three dresses to wear on my trip to Bangkok during the Easter holiday and this dress is the first one I made. I will share another two in the next posts. I started working on this dress two weeks before the trip and I'm glad I managed to finish it on time, as well as my other dresses. This dress was fun and relaxing to sew because I made one before in a midi length, so this time I shortened the length until my knee and sewed it easily. For the fabric, I used a printed rayon from my stash and white cotton lining leftover from my previous make. For the pattern, I used my self-drafted pattern. At first, I didn't want to add the lining but I had to because the fabric was a bit transparent, the lining fabric wasn't enough and I connected the pieces to make the back skirt. Here is the look of the fabric after cutting and the skirt was pieces of a rectangle: the first tiers - front and back, the last tier on the fold ( I forgot to take the p
What a fantastic petticoat! Love all the detail you put into it and it is simply lovely.
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DeleteThat's a lovely little petticoat Hana. Perfect for finishing off full skirt dresses :)x
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DeleteOh, what attention to detail Hana! A beautiful make...almost a shame to hide it under a dress or skirt! I tried to make a tulle petticoat but got pretty frustrated. I was trying gathers, but I think the pleating would be much better, even if you do have to use a lot of pins! Okay, you've inspired me to get busy on mine....Is the pattern in The Burda Vintage Book?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sue. Well, here in China many girls using it on the top of their skirt/dress :) But I will never do that.
DeleteThe pattern based on BurdaStyle Sewing Vintage - Elizabeth Gathered Waist dress.
...hmmm...so you used the Elizabeth Gathered Waist Dress pattern {lovely pattern by the way} and added the tiers etc. Or does this pattern include a petticoat with it? Sorry for the questions. xo
DeleteThe petticoat based on the skirt of Elizabeth Gathered Waist dress. This is one of the variation based on that pattern. If you have the Burda Vintage Modern book, you will find the full instruction in the page 78. But I don't think the variation include when you buy pdf pattern.
DeleteHere what I did, I split the skirt pattern in two part, upper part 35 cm long and below part 20.5 cm long.
The upper part is the skirt of my petticoat, I cut 2 x on fold and below part is the ruffle, I cut 4 x on fold.
Then I sew the skirt pieces right side together and pleated the upper skirt and attached to the bias tape waist line.
After that I sew the four ruffles together, pleated and attached to the skirt bottom.
I hope my explanation will help :)
Got it!!! Thanks so much Hana!!!
DeleteLovely petticoat.. I made my 2 older granddaughters one last year.. They needed them for Easter dresses.. I like your waist band.. Really cute..
ReplyDeleteThank you, Judy :)
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