Italian gown: skirt construction
Piecing the skirt:
The lining was pieced together from portions of linen left over from other projects. To get the length for the train I had to piece together 4 sections to make up the one section of fashion fabric at the center back.
Inside seams:
Lining:
Felt to pad out the cartridge pleating between the fashion fabric and the linen lining:
Skirt folded in half:
