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this can also be found at #ArtisanCraft 's 'Exchange Corner ’The "final version" of the Western steampunk skirt... The other version I'm giving to
I'm not 100% happy with this one, though I will tell you it looks way better on me than it does on poor Thelma (yes I named my dummy) FOr one thing, I made the waistband just a little bit too big, and it sits low were on my waist than I originally wanted. I might take it in.. We'll see. I'm honestly have thinking of selling this version and making me another one out of a lighter green fabric I have... so if anyone wants to make me an offer feel free.
Materials used:
A curtain for the bottom ruffle. (Curtains rule!
)medium weight brown fabric of unknown content with slight spandex stretched to it.
Some old suspender hardware.
Heavyweight black ribbon, a zipper, two buttons, and some trim around the edge.
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Comments: 102
I just wanted to say thank you for making this skirt because as i was doing my national diploma for art and design i was making a steampunk outfit with a white under skirt, a red layer and then a black layer and i couldn't work out how to hitch the skirt in such a way that yo would be able to see all the layers and colours... then i found this skirt and it was perfect... i only used one because 2 looked too much for the piece, but thank you anyway 
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I have a feeling my sister would murder someone to get this.. so watch out
This is awesome! I love the western feel to it
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lol.. well, it for sale or trade, as I'm not wearing it, and I rather it go to a good home then sit in my closet.. So she wouldn't have to kill me. 
Thanks! That's what I was going for...
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Nice idea, I have seen a similar skirt though, [link] 
This link might give you some ideas on how to refine your design. Either way you did a fabulous job on it and I like it.
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Thanks... I had heard they had come out with a pull up skirt, but I haven't seen it till now.
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So do I, make climing over stuff easier to be sure!
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haha, that's right! Girls have to get down and dirty in a skirt sometimes. Might as well make it work
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So true! And heck, we like to look good while were doing it!
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Thanks! I want to refine it.
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I have featured your deviation in the news article July 4th Feature from the Artisan Crafts Gallery .
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You're welcome! I love how it not only fit in with the article but that it is also steampunk.
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Very nice idea! You could even make a cancan variation of it!
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Hmmm, you know, if I combined aspects of this skirt with this skirt I just finished [link] I'd be pretty close to that..
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Thank you! I hope to make them better on the next on, as I'm not 100% happy with how they look just hanging there.
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I still say pockets! Or at that time, would it have been pocket slits with the pouches underneath? That could be fun to tweak. Can you tell I don't know much about historical costuming?
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You know, I'm not sure eather! 
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Okay, you'd be in the clear for pockets. Not much useful info on them, but seems like they started dying out after 1800 and weren't used much after 1850. Ran across a few refs that children and the elderly used them more and later. A quick check on one of the V&A sites mentions that the patterns available after that date included sewn in pockets, though the shape was more like the tie on than the modern....
Not that any of that info is needed for this type of costume, but it made me curious.
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Really really well done- I like the slips you made for the straps are great. My only opinion would be to maybe have somewhere to put the straps when the dress is cinched up- maybe have them fold over or into the scrunched fabric somehow? That way they would become more integrated in the design.
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Yeah, I'm trying to make the straps blend in better on the next skirt, as that is bugging to no end on this piece. Not sure how, and I don't want to much balk added up around the waist.
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I love it! It looks fun to wear, & like something you'd see on a retro futuristic movie.
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Thank you.
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That's what Steampunk is... Check it out, it loads of fun!
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Lol! Yeah, I'm familiar with it. This made me think of the movie Sky Captain.
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I haven't seen Sky Caption yet... I keep meaning to though.
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Can't tell you how many curtians have made it into costumes in my house, and I named my dummy too.
Great skirt!
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I really like the design, although it seems like the pouffing up should be on the back of the skirt, to look like a bustle, and perhaps gold buckles, instead of silver since your accent ribbon that is laced through the eyelet lace is gold. It'd be really nice with a petticoat underneath, and some victorian boots. I also agree that a cute waist cincher would go well with this.
♥
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I hadn't thought of putting the pouffing in the back, but now I have some fantastical ideas running through my head! 
The silver was all I had, and I'm trying to use up the stuff I have lying around the house, but you have a good point.
I have a few skirts that could pass for a petticoat, have to give that a try and see how it looks (no victorian boots though, cure my wide feet!)
PS, love your sig!
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...when I first saw it, I thought it was the back... until I saw the boobs on the mannequin. Then I was confused. Then it dawned on me. lol
But, yeah, I think gold would tie in more with your ribbon... You could just wear a plain-coloured peasant skirt underneath, and because summer is "around the corner" there will be all sorts of sales selling them with cute eyelet trim on them!
You could make boot spats to transform regular boots into victorian boots!!
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I have some spats I made from a pattern I got form the SteamPunk magazine... (I'll have to dig up the link) they look more workman then victorian though, I made them out of a brownish, coarse weave wool.
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I love the way the black tabs allow the skirt to be gathered.
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Thank you, I thought it was clever, but I'm bias.
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Oooooo... me likey! Expecially the ingenuity of pulling it up with the ribbon/suspenders. I think it wold look cool in another color sceme (sp?), expecially another 'earthy' one.
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