yay, such sillies!!!

[mlsdesigns]

I've been working on the hoops today, and boy are they silly! I do love them though, so much! Want to see how sill they are? Then

So frilly!! But luckily the frills don't make bumps under the petticoat, in fact they seem to soften the lines of the hoops, I was very worried it would be the otherwise.


Please ignore the slippers!


I like the shape these hoops give so much better than my old pocket hoops.

So now I need to sew the hoops to the vertical strips, finish the loops the waist band goes through and sort out some kind of fastening. Then I think I can get on with the dress, starting with pleating the back :)

Comments

[sarahlizzi.livejournal.com]

they are completely silly - in a fabulous way! and they give a lovely silhouette!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Hee hee, thank you! I'm so glad that the sillyness didn't stop me getting the shape I wanted, that was the actual reason to make them after all!!

[reine-de-coudre.livejournal.com]

how fun! i love them!!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you, me too :D

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

So pretty and frilly! They look awesome!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm a sucker for frilly :o)

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Hee! So wonderfully silly!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

I know! I like being silly :D

[lmcbeth.livejournal.com]

frilly and silly! Wonderful! I love them!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!

[chloeandrudy.livejournal.com]

Yep, totally silly. Better send them to me.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Not on your nellie!!!! They're all mine!

[(Anonymous)]

Ahh! They are SO cute!! Umm so yeah... if they go missing while you are in Virginia I won't know anything about it! :P

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Now how did I get logged out... silly LJ!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Don't you dare young lady!! Remember, I'll now where you live by then!!

[tailordrews.livejournal.com]

Whow, thats beautifull! You know recently i found a picture of an original 18th century hoop wich was made this way with tapes, and i was very pleased to find it, it was the german site, dont remember the name. You can shape your hoops much better this way, and make them whatever shape you like................
Now i am thrilled to see the rest you are doing!

Bjarne

[marcine.livejournal.com]

Pretty -- frilly and blue. What's not to like?

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you! my thoughts exactly!

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

Squeee!! Those are so cute!!!

[bellamissella.livejournal.com]

I know it's been forever since you made these, but I've been reading through your journal as I'm going to be starting my first sack-back, and I absolutely love these! So I have a few questions if you don't mind... Did you use a pattern, or just figure them out proportion wise yourself? Did you use crinoline boning? How did you make them hold their shape? Are there ties across the sides from front to back? I had a pair of pocket hoops that I lent to someone and never got back so I need to make something to replace them and ruffly hoops are just too silly and fun to pass up for my second pair! :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

I figured them out by myself, I put my pocket hoops (made from the pattern in corsets and crinolines I think) on Meg and draped a tape measure round at the level of each hoop, then cut boning that size with extra for 'just in case' accidents! then I put a waist band on Meg and played with the tape placement round my waist and pinned the top hoop on, fiddling till it looked right and hung level, then I measured down the same amount for the other 2. If you like I can measure my hoops to give you an idea of where you might start from?
Otherwise, perhaps you could stand in front of a mirror and measure the width you want, and guess how deep you are from front to back, and use those 2 measurements to work out the rough rectangle shape, then cut that length of boning and loop it round to start playing?
Also, if I'd had any rigeline I'd have used it for paterning, I was lucky I cut the right size lengths straight off, but otherwise it could have become quite wasteful!
You will be sooo pleased with them! They're a dream to dance in, they move so perfectly!