All done!

[mlsdesigns]

The petticoat for the 1820s is done now too, (the piping cord in the hem is going to make me look more like a chess piece than ever!) so I'm all sorted for the dance.
I had to go into town today to get cotton twill tape for the hoops, and I got some more silk thread for the dress while I was there. Once I got home and got warm and dry again (stupid snow!), I started working on the hoops. The buckram covered steel is working really well, it was so easy to shape it into ovals, and I've worked out the placement of the vertical tapes, so now I'm all ready to cover the steels and tapes in silly ruffles tomorrow :D

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[chloeandrudy.livejournal.com]

I was cutting out my bodiced petticoat today and realized I had a very long length of ruffles that were too narrow for my 1860s petticoat but would be perfect for my 1810 petticoat. And it's long enough that I might get two rows out of it.
While reading your post a thought occurred to me that I could sew a row of cording on the backside of each row of ruffles for a little more poof. Thanks for the idea!