I vote for removing the center pleats, and possibly for striping the ruffle. Then it's look amazing! ~Lylassandra
I re-pleated the top and it does look SO much better. I'm going to finish the thing and see how…
that may eventually be its fate!
I think that is what this one is destined to become. And yes about the pleats
It's not what I had in mind either! I was kindof "meh" about all the options at the store, but…
Oh and ps, remove the pleats from the front so it lays flat, like any other 18th c. petti. I…
I use a matelasse as an under petticoat. It gives good heft and covers any boning from the panniers. I'd…
Well that wasn't really what I had in mind when I mentioned matelasse, rofl. I'm pretty impressed that you were…
I just had a thought - what if the ruffles was attached under a finished edge of the matelesse, hiding…
Just my opinion (but you did ask!) - either an underpetticoat or deconstructed and the matelesse repurposed into something else;…