Anne Skirt & Trained Overskirt ca. 1665

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US$14

Sizes 30-52 

Difficulty: Intermediate    

The Anne Skirt & Trained Overskirt is a lush, full, pleated skirt (called petticoats in-period) and overskirt pattern of the style worn with the elegant boned bodices or cozy jackets fashionable in the third quarter of the 17th century.

View A is a full, floor-length skirt that sits at the natural waist. It is designed to be worn with jackets and other bodices that do not have an elongated front point.

View B is a full skirt that sits at the natural waist at the back, and is cut in a deep dip at front to accommodate the elongated front points of boned bodices like the Ninon Bodice. It is has a straight, floor length hem.

View C has the same features as B, but with a 15’’/40cm long train. Views A, B & C all have a center back opening that fastens with waist ties.

View D is a trained overskirt that sits at the natural waist at the back, and is cut in a deep dip so it fits under the elongated front points of boned bodices like the Ninon Bodice. It fastens at the front and is designed to fall open, revealing a triangle of the petticoat skirt worn under it.

The instructions include options for knife pleats or cartridge pleats, and for a variety of historically accurate or plausible seam finishes, hem types, and trims to help you replicate the range of skirts seen in period images.

Recommended Fabrics:

The main skirt can be made in mid-weight silks such as: taffeta; mid-weight satins; ribbed silks such as faille, paduasoy, grosgrain, & moiré; brocaded & textured silks, etc. with support facings in tightly woven light-midweight linen or cotton, and lightweight silk.

Dani is wearing View B in Size 42 with cartridge pleats.  Her Anne Skirt & Ninon Bodice are made from a cotton duvet cover dyed rose pink.  She trimmed her Ninon with an antique lace collar and wears it over a pieced Catarina Shift.  All the fabrics in her outfit were thrifted or gifted: Dani wanted her Ninon ensemble to illustrate that it was possible to make beautiful historical costumes on a budget.

Nina is wearing View B in ivory silk-linen.  Her View B skirt has forward-facing knife pleats In some photos it is topped with the View D trained overskirt in the same silk-linen custom-dyed yellow, faced with coral pink lightweight taffeta, also custom dyed.  Her overskirt is cartridge pleated and she wears a Size 46.

Hayley is wearing View B with backward facing knife pleats, topped with the View D overskirt with cartridge pleats.  Her entire ensemble is made from two identical sari, and also demonstrates that costumes can be made with spectacular fabrics on a budget.  She wears a Size 38.

Rebekah is wearing View C with a shortened train in Size 42.  Her Anne is made of silk satin with supplementary lamé weft brocading.

About your PDF:

This pattern is a digital download. Once you complete your purchase you’ll be sent an email with a link to download a zip file containing your printable files. You’ll need to open it on a computer: the zip file will not open on phones and tablets.

The Anne Skirt zip contains the following files:

• Instructions: 40 pages
  
• Print-At-Home Pattern: 52 pages
• Copyshop Pattern: 3 A0 pages
• Printing Instructions: 4 pages  

The Read-Me-First printing instructions include guides to printing only the pages needed for your size range.  

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