HA (Historically Accurate) Steampunk (Pt2.-petticoat and skirt)

 Let's continue the Steampunk-ish Saga, shall we? 

I have underwear. Depending on the purpouse (will I wear it for Historically Accurate/HA event, for Historybounding (HB) or Steampunk?) I can wear it with HA underwear (as a chemise, corset, drawers, corset and corsetcover), or modern underwear (knickers, bra, pantyhose/leggings and an undershirt - yes, I am wearing an undershirt almost always, even with my modern clothing). 

The next step: I need a petticoat and a skirt. 

I've already written about how I sew petticoats for this type of skirts, and this one was made the very same way, from the same striped linen I made the shirtwaist from White linen with very dark gray /almost black stripes. 

With cotton lace. I love this fabric and I wanted to save as much of it as possible, I cut the waistband from two piece of fabric- remember, piecing is period: which means, that it is absolutely HA to piece fabric in order to save a bit of it. However, also for the sake of saving fabric I cut it crosswise, and the weft yarn is never as strong and stable as a warp yarn. Waistband cut crossgrain tend to grow a bit more easily. To stabilize it, I could use some fusible interface- but , much like zippers- I tend to avoid using it- if I can get away with it. At the end I decided to fold the waistband of the skirt one extra time (so there will be 4 layers instead of 3), and also, to make it more decorative/romantic, while also stabilizing it, I used a narrow cotton twill tape, and added the last bit of the lace I had left over from the shirt.

If you look close enough, you can see the pintucks on the ruffle. 

Then I made a skirt. It is really the same old, same old. 

Originally I planned this solely for HB and Steampunk outfits, but then an event popped up, where I would have needed clothes for a widowed character. Used the same trumpet skirt pattern, same length, same sewing. 

Naturally, I added pockets too.

And using the shirt and the skirt (with two petticoats) in a historybounding situation: at a koncert of the Palace of Art (MÜPA), with the black linen waistcoat, and a totally modern pair of boots.

(my hand is behind my back, because I am trying to hold the -by now- way too big waistcoat... I really need to make another one).

Fabric: I Love Textil

Skirt pattern: Ora Lin

Shirtwaist pattern: Truly Victorian

Waistcoat pattern: Black Snail

Photos: Norbert Varga @Bodeszphoto