Wool Question
Nov. 29th, 2012 01:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theladyrebeccaI'm finally starting on the riding habit! I cut out the fabric for the skirt tonight, but I realised that the wool I have is really very drapey, and doesn't have that nice crisp hand that I'm used to with most 18th c fabrics. Should I be flat-lining it? That's what I plan to do with the bodice, but I've never flat-lined a skirt before.
I did find one example of a riding habit with what looks like a pretty drapey skirt: http://pinterest.com/pin/234539093065197027/, as well as one extant skirt that looks like it was a fairly drapey fabric that may have been flatlined (or something weird has been done to them hem, which I don't like): http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74100/riding-habit-unknown/ But the rest of all the habits I've seen have had the typical fuller skirt, which is what I was going for.
I did find one example of a riding habit with what looks like a pretty drapey skirt: http://pinterest.com/pin/234539093065197027/, as well as one extant skirt that looks like it was a fairly drapey fabric that may have been flatlined (or something weird has been done to them hem, which I don't like): http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74100/riding-habit-unknown/ But the rest of all the habits I've seen have had the typical fuller skirt, which is what I was going for.