This is a pattern that I would put in the “looks really complicated, but is actually very straightforward” category. Nice diagrams in the instructions and it goes together smoothly if you follow the step-by-step directions. Note that this does not fit over a big bustle – all the pouf is created with the draping. I have included a picture of the inside of the skirt, so you can see what it looks like with the ties and netting. I wear this skirt over a cotton version of TV255 (made up as a petticoat) and it works great. (Worn over small bustle pad.)
Rated 5 out of 5
Aimee –
This is my first real Victorian skirt and I thought this pattern was easy to understand and it went together well. I was really happy with the finished product and didn’t have any trouble with it.
Though, since I’m 6 feet tall and the pattern is drafted for someone much shorter, I thought I had to add a lot of length,… but when the skirt was completed, turned out I’d added way too much. So I’d recommend trying to measure what you want your skirt length to be, and go by that.
Lorraine –
This is a pattern that I would put in the “looks really complicated, but is actually very straightforward” category. Nice diagrams in the instructions and it goes together smoothly if you follow the step-by-step directions. Note that this does not fit over a big bustle – all the pouf is created with the draping. I have included a picture of the inside of the skirt, so you can see what it looks like with the ties and netting. I wear this skirt over a cotton version of TV255 (made up as a petticoat) and it works great. (Worn over small bustle pad.)
Aimee –
This is my first real Victorian skirt and I thought this pattern was easy to understand and it went together well. I was really happy with the finished product and didn’t have any trouble with it.
Though, since I’m 6 feet tall and the pattern is drafted for someone much shorter, I thought I had to add a lot of length,… but when the skirt was completed, turned out I’d added way too much. So I’d recommend trying to measure what you want your skirt length to be, and go by that.