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Clothing a Star Wars Obsession: Moulin Rose: Underskirt
While wearing the outfit at DragonCon 2003's The Windmill get-together, I discovered that I really needed a layer in between the petal skirt and the petticoat to disguise my drunken ruffle stitching and to keep the petals laying more smoothly. So, an underskirt in pale pink satin to make a nice contrast with the petals and the underside of the petticoat.

I used the same pattern for the underskirt, McCalls 3674. It's really a fairly simple skirt to put together. The trickiest thing, in my opinion, was inserting the zipper since I prefer invisible zippers. I spent two hours cutting out pieces, another hour to sew the skirt panels together and insert the zipper, and then spent a little more time adding the waistband and finally hemming it after it hung for a little while to let it stretch out. No progress pictures because I was lazy, and there's really not much too it.

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