Still takes a very long time to do, so either pony up for pre-gathered lace, or plan to invest a lot of time if you try this yourself. It's hanging at an angle for the most part, so some fullness is acquired there. This is literally strips off a bolt of lace, unhemmed, and "gathered" by adding a tuck every couple inches or so as I stitched it. And I made it in the laziest way I could possibly do without ponying up for premade trim. Then started in on the lace ruffle.įML, the lace ruffle. Sewed together all 5 front panels, then attached the straight panel to one side only. In retrospect, it would have been better, given the narrowness of my fabric, to use a double width, so I could create a proper train, or skip the train entirely and just have the extra curve at the top. The bustle skirt I kind of improvised by estimating the 5 front panels off a finished skirt I did from a pattern for an earlier period (TV216, if you're curious), and then fully improvised a back panel by taking the full width of the fabric, making it rise slightly at one end (to go over bustle), and creating a slight train at the bottom. The dress is comprised of two major parts: the cuirasse bodice, and the bustle skirt. Gotta get a jump on it, as there's a party Saturday! I'd say I'm about halfway through this project.
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