This pattern is best described by a Victorian quote included in the instructions: “draping is a fine art.” One you can’t necessarily learn from a pattern. The instructions were confusing to me, and the large, unwieldy pattern pieces weren’t clearly marked. Mostly, I put it together by trial and error; cutting apart of pieces, and random pinning and poufing till it looked how I wanted. This pattern is more of a suggestion about how one might make a poufed bustle overskirt; for much of it, I was on my own. But it all worked out in the end (pun intended).
Trystan L. Bass –
This pattern is best described by a Victorian quote included in the instructions: “draping is a fine art.” One you can’t necessarily learn from a pattern. The instructions were confusing to me, and the large, unwieldy pattern pieces weren’t clearly marked. Mostly, I put it together by trial and error; cutting apart of pieces, and random pinning and poufing till it looked how I wanted. This pattern is more of a suggestion about how one might make a poufed bustle overskirt; for much of it, I was on my own. But it all worked out in the end (pun intended).