For The Record
In the interest of full disclosure, I just wanted to mention that the farthingale was sewn on the machine. Anything that experimental is bound to get screwed up somehow, and I didn't want to waste a whole lot of hand-sewing time on it if it did. On a less confessional note, I should say something about the ropes I used for hoops. I had a hem measurement of 108", and a ballpark waist of 40". With six tucks in between, the math was fortuitously simple: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 inches for each of the intermediate ropes. I added 4" for overlap on the ends. Each rope is made of three twisted strands, so I spliced them by cutting four inches of one strand from one end and two strands from the other. Then I twisted the two ends back together and wrapped the splice in duct tape. I could have used some better binding method, but tape was quick and will be hidden completely, so I don't feel bad about it. If I do this again I may try another method.
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