Making a Petticoat

Since I have enjoyed the dress I made so much I wanted to make it a little more special with my very own petticoat. I'm thinking these will come back in style if they have not already.

After stumbling across a few Pinterest pins referring to petticoats I decided, I want one too. Practically everyone claims how easy it is to assemble a petticoat and while I don't disagree there is however a certain amount of time involved.

Mine as you can see is a simple 2 tier petticoat with an added underlining or slip to avoid the stiffness and the scratchiness of the petticoat net. I purchased a net/tulle that specifically said petticoat on the label. It's pretty stiff and could definitely add a lot of fluff. I could have really bunched up and gathered my tulle and had tons of fluff but I wanted this to be practical with the dress I would be wearing it with. An example being if my dress or skirt was more like a circle skirt and very full then it could accommodate a lot more fluff from my petticoat.

No matter what tulle you purchase even the smaller finer net is near impossible to cut perfectly straight. I tried several things with my mats, ruler, weights and other sewing notions and still struggled to get a perfect cut of fabric. Is there a trick to this? Does anyone know? I am assuming that since people have been making these for ages that either there is a trick this or there is no "perfect" with tulle, and you just accept it and move on to the next step. So if it's not perfect don't fret.

I used thick floss to gather my tulle/net and then I sewed it in place before attaching to my waistband. I did a simple folded over waistband and attached my tulle/net layer to one side and my slip/lining to the other. I also added the bias binding to my tulle/net hem to avoid scratches and add a decorative element. Usually in the posts I've seen petticoats have a shiny ribbon like binding. I did not see this at the store and did not want to attempt making my own slippery binding so I made my own out of cotton fabric. I think it turned out very well gave the garment that extra something. Maybe even a little more grown up than the ruffle fluff bottom of other petticoats.

Thanks for reading♥ Olivia