Petticoat Tutorial

It sure has been awhile since I posted a sewing tutorial. I think it's time to break the dry spell. Here is a really simple and quick tutorial.
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This may seem strange but for some reason i have always wanted to get my daughter a petticoat to give some of her dresses a little more "pouf" (you know all those sad limp ones in the closet?)

But if you know me buying one is usually out of the question if i can sew one! I just wanted something quick and simple i could make and so i made this up.



 Here is the quick tutorial to make the Petticoat  pictured below.

First i took my daughter's measurement around her waist and then the length i wanted the petticoat to be,which is a little shorter than the dress she was going to wear.




Then i got some white fabric and some netting.

(netting)

I cut my fabric twice the waist measurement by the the length 

(adding a couple inches for the waist and hem)

Which ended up being 40"x12"

Next i folded over the bottom hem once and then again and sewed it down to make my hem.

Then i measured my netting. 5 1/2" x the length of the netting

I sewed a long gathering stitch on the long end of the netting .

Then I gathered the netting to be the length of my white fabric

I pinned it down to the white fabric.

I let my netting hang just a little longer than the white fabric.

And then I sewed it down in place.

I trimmed a little of the extra netting after sewing.

For the top of the fabric i sewed a simple casing for the elastic.

Then threaded my elastic through the casing.

(Elastic was the measurement of my daughters waist)

Once i got the elastic all the way through i stitched down the ends of the elastic on both sides.

Last step was to fold the skirt right sides together and sew down the last side.

And there you have it!

Cute little petticoat.

Looks a little wacky right?

But just you wait....... It will make this sad looking dress

Happy!

I Love the fullness it gives the dress!

I know this petticoat will also come in handy for a costume I'm making for Hailey too!
More on that later!