At least, Simplicity made it into a new Orange and Black skirt after I sent it up to them. This is what this skirt looked like when I finished with it.
You see, I already had this GREAT corset with the neat organdy ruffle-shrug thing for the neck and shoulders. It needed a skirt.
This was the sketch I had made for this skirt. I based it on a photograph of skirt I had seen, but that skirt was made of tulle. Also that skirt, I bet, had half of it long and half of it short.
I, on the other hand, had to make this skirt out of organdy to go with the cool neck/shoulder ruffle thing, that I loved so much I wasn't going to change. And, I had to use the same pattern pieces I was using for some of the other skirts, which meant that the back/longer part was 2/3's of the skirt and the front part was only 1/3 of the skirt, which didn't allow the legs to show very well.
This is what I got ...
I, on the other hand, had to make this skirt out of organdy to go with the cool neck/shoulder ruffle thing, that I loved so much I wasn't going to change. And, I had to use the same pattern pieces I was using for some of the other skirts, which meant that the back/longer part was 2/3's of the skirt and the front part was only 1/3 of the skirt, which didn't allow the legs to show very well.
This is what I got ...
Not what I wanted ... grrrr ... think, think, think!
deadline looming ....
deadline looming ....
What to do? So, I started playing around with ways to pull the fulness to the back.
First idea ... looked good from the front, but the back was kind of stupid.
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So then I starting thinking about how wedding dresses are bustled and pinned the front corners of the long section together in the back. I pinned the black and orange layers separately.
For this effect.
And I pinned the sides of the outer organdy skirt to the short lining skirt to puff it out and hold it back.
Like this.
This is what I sent up to Simplicity with my samples. But, I have to admit it was a complicated solution.
And after all that, look what happened to it in New York! The perfect and simple solution!
I, also, put this diagram in the box with all the samples.
I, also, put this diagram in the box with all the samples.
It shows how to arrange the feathers for the bustle.
Three feather boas are simply pinned to the bustle pillow that is part of the whole skirt/apron thing. Sewing feather boas is a super pain. The thread is constantly getting caught up in the feathers. I thought this would be a good solution AND later, if you want, you can take the boas off and use them for something else.
Three feather boas are simply pinned to the bustle pillow that is part of the whole skirt/apron thing. Sewing feather boas is a super pain. The thread is constantly getting caught up in the feathers. I thought this would be a good solution AND later, if you want, you can take the boas off and use them for something else.
next time ...
the corsets.
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