Regency bodiced petticoat pattern

It’s almost time for the GBACG At home with Josephine at Malmaison event at the Bellvue Club. I actually purchased a costume to wear to this Regency event, a few weeks back at the GBACG Bazaar. Turns out the costume I purchased was worn in a BBC costume drama of some sort. More on that later.

Again, it has been a while since I last updated the blog. But tonight I had an itch to write about some of the pretty stuff I finished earlier this year. So here’s a quick post to sum up the …

Many years ago my friend Katherine showed me how to make this petticoat. I asked her if she would mind me posting a mini tutorial on it's construction, and she happily agreed. Katherine is quite small... I call her 2/3rds scale, so this is her pattern but made to be me sized. I'm a typical American size 10, and am 5 ft 3in tall. That being said, my underbust is 36 inches and my petticoats length is 42 inches. To make this petticoat you will need: 2 yards of linen (I used 50 inch wide) 4 sets…

An historical Regency"bodiced" petticoat . Basically just a sleeveless dress, made from super-soft white cotton batiste. ...

My first project of the year is done, and it wasn’t even planned! I started work on the red/white regency dress (an update will follow soon), and while I was working I noticed the fabric was …

A Regency lady might have worn very light fabrics (old-fashioned muslin was more like voile or batiste is today) but she did wear a few layers to compensate. It was said that a regency lady’s gown should be of such light fabric, she should be able to fold it up and have it fit into her reticule. It is no surprise that in wintertime, the mode of the period caused many a Regency lady to succumb to pneumonia. Because of their penchant for light, airy fabrics, they had to make up for the opacity…

It’s almost time for the GBACG At home with Josephine at Malmaison event at the Bellvue Club. I actually purchased a costume to wear to this Regency event, a few weeks back at the GBACG Bazaar. Turns out the costume I purchased was worn in a BBC costume drama of some sort. More on that later. But for my event, I needed a petticoat to wear under the dress, that would smooth out the bust area, because my stays made it look a bit lumpy. I think that’s also, ahem, in part because the costume is…

This tutorial is here to walk you through all the steps of modifying my Regency Gown pattern to make your own Regency bodiced petticoat.

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"Beautifully detailed Regency style petticoat. Bodice has the structure and design of a regency short stay with attached petticoat skirt. bodice is corded and quilted for both aesthetic detail and stability. Made of 100% cotton, fully self lined , contains 2 layers of medium weight 100% cotton interfacing. Self binding at neck and arm holes. Lightly boned with your choice of plastic or spiral steel boning. Skirt length measures 39\" from below bust, meant to hit just above ankle. Can be…