I’ve been trying to make this petticoat since March, but it was causing me to swear so terribly that it’s been shoved in a carrier bag underneath my sewing table for seven months. This is in fact only half a petticoat. There’s supposed to be a second layer on the bottom two tiers, but I absolutely couldn’t face doing all the gathering again, so I left it out.
As it happens it’s pretty much as full as I’d want it to be underneath a circle skirt (I’m going for “fullness” not “panto”), and several people on the Pattern Review site confessed that they’d either left out or chopped off the second layer.
I’m not completely convinced that I actually like it. I’ll have to wait, and decide after I’ve worn it a few times.
Mind you, it doesn’t really matter whether I like it or not – I’m absolutely not going to make another one, so I’m sticking with this!
you have the patience of a saint… I’ve just attached a maximum of about 3 metres to an underskirt and it had me demented
You mean you couldn’t hear the swearing all the way from your house?! 😉
I LOVE IT! its so beautiful! I am trying to find this pattern in my size and at a reasonable price – very difficult. But after seeing your skirt I am determined to find it and make. It looks wonderful!