Dust Ruffle Question

[Clancy]

Ladies i need some help. I am half way through making the TV225 fantail skirt with the train. I have also made the TV121 petticoat to wear underneath it.

Do i need to make the train for the petticoat or do i just make a dust ruffle for the skirt, or should i make both. Im not sure what is right or what will look better. I know the back needs something to lift it a little. That bow isnt complete, its just a scrap i was playing with.

If i make both the petticoat train and the dust ruffle, would i attach the dust ruffle to the underside of the petticoat? Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question, but i havent really seen any pictures of how it would work.

This is what it looks like so far... Picture is a little dark..

Thanks

[Lady LaSalle]

Ohhhhhh!!!! Pretty! If you have already made the petticoat, I would say just to make the dust ruffle. That way you can detach it and wash it easily. What color is that fabric really? It's awfully nice looking!

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Clancy, I love a removable dust ruffle. It is so much less to throw in the washing machine. I attach mine with buttons sewn to the hem underneath.

[Clancy]

LL... this is the fabric for my dress. It is chocolate colour. The fabric has a slight raised stripe in it which is like a velvet.

The orange and brown strip jacket looks better than the picture shows.

Thanks for the tip Fannie on the dust ruffle.

[Allie Mo]

Hi Clancy,

I love the outfit! The new brown and peach one will be a beauty too.

Seems the stores in Sacramento do not have nice prints or stripes in anything but quilter's cottons.

Maybe I should go to San Francisco..when I have an arm and a leg to spare.

Regards,

Allie

[Dakota Diamond Deb]

Clancy I love your fabric choices.

Could someone explain to me the construction of a removeable dust ruffle? How does it attach to the skirt? If I sew buttonholes to the underneath of the hem to button it on, how does it stay up without flapping? Do I handbaste it on?

[Garnet Rose]

Clancy I love your fabric choices.

Could someone explain to me the construction of a removeable dust ruffle? How does it attach to the skirt? If I sew buttonholes to the underneath of the hem to button it on, how does it stay up without flapping? Do I handbaste it on?
http://www.trulyvictorian.netfirms.com//phpbb/nfphpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1533&highlight=dust+ruffle

Deb, I found this thread on the Truly Victorian board to be very helpful. Perhaps Fannie would be so kind as to post a picture of her dress with the dust ruffle?

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Give me a little time, I'll go dig out the peacock dress and take a picture of the dust ruffle and post it.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

As promised, here are pictures of a dust ruffle. I use inexpensive muslin and lace to make these.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I use ties and buttons to attach the dust ruffle. I sew a button hole in the dust ruffle and a button on the underside of the hem.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

On this one I also used ties at the 2 top corners with a button in the middle.

[Lizzie Marie]

Thanks Fannie, that explains it wonderfully.....now to start doing it... :whip

[Dakota Diamond Deb]

Thanks Fannie! The pictures make it so clear. I guess I'm a visual learner.

[Clancy]

Hi Fannie,

Thanks for posting the pictures of your dust ruffle....that makes things a lot clearer.