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If you add enough on the bottom you can also use it to encase your bottom hoop. Hem the bottom of your petticoat to create a channel that s at least inch wider than the boning you ve selected to create the hoop.

Kaylee Hoop Skirt The Tangled Bobbin

If you have enough room you can add more hooks along the excess overhanging waistband.

How to make a hooped petticoat. Be patient as you thread the boning into the casing as this will take time. Also when you want a skirt that goes all the way down to the floor a pettiskirt doesn t round out and tends to only fluff out the bottom of the skirt. This will give the skirt body at the bottom and add extra beauty and detail to the finished piece.

Decide for yourself but i m nearly positive that you need to make this rainbow petticoat. A pettiskirt and tulle also flatten out over time and lose a lot of their fluff. No matter which you d like to make this tutorial will walk you through the design construction and sewing.

Depending on the time period and the garment petticoats were meant to be seen or unseen. Add eyes to the top of the right side of the waistband. How to make a petticoat.

The first eye should align with the right edge of the petticoat. However you can make a hoop skirt really large and beautifully rounded and it keeps its same shape forever. Hand close the casing with needle and thread so the hoop doesn t budge and even if the wind blows your skirt around.

Add a hook to the underside of the left end of the waistband. Add enough on the top to fold down to make a casing for a drawstring pink area in picture. Add a bit on the bottom to fold up to make a neat hem green area in picture.

To make your hoop skirt look feminine and traditional attach your lace or eyelet ribbon to the hem of your skirt.