Thrift Store Petticoat

I have been looking for a petticoat to make the corset dress shown on the Threadbanger Sweeny Todd episode for a while.  After several trips to the thrift store and no luck, I finally found a petticoat I am willing to work with.  It WAS a navy blue velvet dress at a thrift store for $13.00 and in my size!

(Plus size here.  In case you care.  You probably don’t.  As you shouldn’t.  Okay, time to move on.)

It- the dress, yep back to subject at hand-  had a petticoat that wasn’t perfect... it was mostly made out of tulle, not satiny like shown in the Threadbanger Ep., but I was excited to revamp it and give it a go.  Plus, I love tulle.  Plus, who knows when the next plus size wedding/bridesmaid/ prom dress would come in?

I took it home, my husband ripped it apart (he is the shiznit, let me tell you), and I went to bed dreaming of all the different things I could do to it.  Corset dress?  Tulle skirt petticoat? Gypsy Skirt?

In the end I grabbed some elastic, made a waist that will cinch up for me since the skirt was too wide, and here are the results....


I had to cut a lot of the satin top off, so the non see through is pretty short, but it is going to be worn with another skirt or some shorts underneath so that is no big deal.  Maybe I can pair it with my bustle skirt I made hmmm... that would look very cool if I do say so myself.  And I DO!

In the end I decided not to do the corset dress with this particular petticoat, so I am on the petti prowl again.  ;-)  

On second thought, I AM going to add some kind of frufruery to the edge of the satin that meets the tulle.  I think that part needs prettying up.

Maybe I’ll use the fringy stuff I originally was using on the bustle and then changed my mind.

Other than that I will leave as is.  Can I just say I love cannibalizing stuff?

Yay!  Happy Crafty Times!  :-)