Comments on: 1876 Trained & Ruffled Petticoat

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 06:36:02 +0000

In reply to Alaina. I have seen ties (tiny ribbons) on the inside of skirts but can't find specific resources now. So, no, I don't have firm evidence of tying/tacking petticoat to skirt train to keep them moving together.

By: Alaina

Alaina — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 22:49:19 +0000

This looks great. Did you find any evidence to support the tying the train to the skirt thing? It makes sense but I’m looking at pictures of originals and can’t find anything.

By: Victorian Christmas Market Saarburg 2018 – Empress of Buttons

Victorian Christmas Market Saarburg 2018 – Empress of Buttons — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:18:34 +0000

[…] Since I only came back from London the week before i didn’t have the time to make a new costume. However, it was a great opportunity to dig out my beloved 1870s April bustle gown again and make some improvements. First of all, I made a new petticoat to support the train on the back, it greatly improves the silhuette of the skirt. I used the same pattern that was used for the skirt, TV870 version and and added lots of cotton organdy ruffles (1:2 ratio). Jennifer from Historical Sewing wrote a great article on her ruffled 1870s petticoat that I used as a reference: https://historicalsewing.com/1876-trained-ruffled-petticoat […]

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Thu, 12 May 2016 21:25:19 +0000

In reply to Juliana. Thanks Juliana! Glad you find them helpful. :-)

By: Juliana

Juliana — Thu, 12 May 2016 16:54:16 +0000

I really, really enjoy your blogs…. I always learn something interesting! I think this idea is really ingenious……

By: Passionate About Petticoats

Passionate About Petticoats — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:06:51 +0000

[…] corded, ruffled, trained, gored, tucked, paneled, shaped, tied – you name it. That extra petticoat or two could be the […]

By: Sophie Dawson

Sophie Dawson — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 04:28:55 +0000

Loving this site. I’m new to the historical sewing. I just have the patterns and will start doing the online corset class shortly. I need a 1870’s garment for an author conference in July of 2015. Obviously, I need to do lots of research.

As soon as I get my corset mock-up made I’ll be starting on bustles and petticoats. This idea was one I thought might be workable before I read this post. I’m glad to see you tried it first. 😉

Sophie

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:50:32 +0000

In reply to eLAINE HOLLAND. Welcome to our Joyful Community Elaine! We have quite a number of followers & readers from Australia. :-)