Anne Skirt & Barbara Bum Roll (1655-1680) Pattern Bundle|| #2503 & 2504

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Barbara Bumroll & Support Petticoat Difficulty: Easy   

Anne Skirt Difficulty: Intermediate     

We've combined the Anne Skirt with the Barbara Bum Roll patterns!

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.

The Barbara Bum Roll is a padded 'bum' or 'rump' skirt support designed to create the desired full-hipped silhouette of the 17th century. It is also suitable for late 16th century costuming, and some 18th century silhouettes.

A larger View A and a smaller View B create different silhouettes, suitable for different eras, and different weights of overskirts.

Wear the Barbara with the View C Support Petticoat. This clever no-pattern method of making is a based on later 18th century examples and mentions and depictions in 17thc images. It is suitable for both centuries, and creates a full, stiff petticoat designed to smooth out the shape of the rump and help hold the skirts away from the body.   

The pair are the perfect accompaniment to Ninon Bodice, but can also be worn with 18th century silhouettes like the Cassandra Stays and Amalia Jacket.  .  

The Barbara Bum Roll pattern features historically accurate construction techniques, and detailed notes on the materials, filling, and stitches used.  

If accuracy isn't a concern the pattern is easily adapted for machine sewn construction.

The Anne Skirt & Barbara Bum Roll is designed to be worn with the Ninon Bodice with the Catarina Shift.