The summer of Rococo: Petticoat and waistcoat

As I already said, since I was making three sets of rococo clothes, sometimes I did forget to make pictures... So the pictures of the finished items should be suffice.

Just like with the petticoat and the waistcoat...

As for the petticoat, the 18th century skirts are the simplest of things. Practically two squaresm and two waistband (or rather ties). The only trick is to balance the length, according to what kind of structure we are wearing underneath. If it is some kind of bumpad, then the back is left longer (just how much, depends on the type and size of the said bumpad), if there are some kind of panniers, then the sides need to be longer. They usually achieve this by cutting the skirt out, try it over the underwear and adjust it at the waist.

Which would require another person to help, which I did not have, and so, the back is slightly too short, but, since I left enough material at the hem, I can adjust it anytime. 

The fabric for the petticoat is the same damask/brocade (I don't really know which) that I used back in early summer, for the white waistcoat, with the tiny flowers.

The waistcoat is adjustable at the back. As for the pattern... there is none. I modified a pattern I had for the jacket (more about that, when I'll get around to write about the jacket). For the back I used linen. Just when I got the silver and blue brocade, I also scored some smallish pieces of linen (about 1-2 meters), and though i was intending to use them for something else, maybe for modern clothing this time, they suited this set of clothes much better than anything else could. 

And here is me, trying to get a breather from the blazing sun, and the heat in a bookstore... 

Fabric: I Love Textil 

Photos: Norbert Varga @Bodeszphoto