Hokuto Sumeragi - Mad Hatter #56

 

the finished petticoat. 

Yes! Another finished piece! 2 down, 7 to go. I've been sewing the second petticoat frill between the coat and hat sewing, because I can only handle the tulle monster a bit at a time. The other boring task is sewing the shirt's button holes, I've just made 3 so far.

To finish the petticoat, after finishing sewing the second frill, and taking the gathering stitches, I took another elastic from another pair of old leggings, and inserted it inside the satin ribbon waistband. I secured both ends together with a few stitches, and it was done. Almost. While inserting the elastic, I noticed I had missed sewing a bit of the ribbon, so I had to hand stitch that bit by hand. No fuss.

a very bubbly skirt.

+ I like how it looks, very much the effect I was aiming for, and it's similar to the artwork.

- It was a very boring task, hand sewing the frills, but I didn't trust my mom's plastic sewing machine with so much tulle, and didn't want to break it.

THE CUNNING PLAN 

I don't know which piece I'm going to do next, maybe finally make the bloomers' pattern? The shops will reopen on April 5th, if everybody behaves, so I can finally buy the white taffeta for them. And I need to buy more burgundy, cherry red and white thread. I also need to finish covering the small buttons.