One of my current favorite things to do is making over old garb into new garb (or new modern clothing, in some cases). The fashions I prefer are really fabric-intensive, so I can nearly always get 3-4 usable yards of fabric out of them.
This week’s project is turning an old Elizabethan petticoat into yardage for a new Spanish jacket. Two reasons for this: a. I haven’t worn Elizabethan since about 2012, and b. it doesn’t fit anymore. Here’s the plan:
5 yards of olive green silk with a band of melon silk.
This is a whole lot of skirt to just get rid of. I love it - it’s light and flowy, but it should have a good body when it’s lined.
But first I have to unpick some of the best cartridge pleating I’ve ever done. It is secure.
I’m thinking of turning it into a little jacket like this one, with closed sleeves. I’ll probably have enough left over for another set of sleeves, or some trim, or possibly a hat. We’ll see.