How to Make a Saber Lily costume

Step 6 Sewing the Petticoat

I found this website helpful on how to make a petticoat: sugardale.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-make-petticoat.html

I changed some of the steps to make it a little easier for myself.

1.  Instead of crinoline, I used tulle, which doesn't fray so it's easy to work with.  I cut out long 6 inch panels and sewed them together to get a 6 inch by 8 yard strip, a 6 inch by 4 yard strip, and a 6 inch by 2 yard strip.

2.  I gather the fabric of the 8 yard strip as I sewed it down to the 4 yard strip, then the 4 yard strip to the 2 yard strip.  For the 2 yard strip, I gathered it to a strip of white satin ribbon the length of my waist.

3.  I hemmed the bottom edge of the 8 yard strip with white satin ribbon folded in half as well as the top of the 2 yard strip.  I also sewed down satin ribbon on the gathers between each panel.

4.  I closed the petticoat by sewing the 6 inch edges of the 4 yard and 8 yard strips together but left the 2 yard panel open.  I hemmed the 6 inch edges of the 2 yard panel and hand sewed in hooks and eyes.

I included a photo of what the skirt looks like without the petticoat and with the petticoat.