That is how I feel about my petticoat. It was such a simple project but I had so many problems along the way. After making 2 different fabric purchases and struggling with netting for 2 days, I've thrown in the towel. It beat me.
- Measure 5 times, cut once.
- You can machine sew netting material but why would you want to bother.
- My sewing machine gathering foot does not like netting material.
- My cats like to chew on netting material.
- Netting clings to itself, your clothes, the carpet...anything within a 5-foot radius.
- A layer of netting fabric sandwiched between 2 layers of muslin is much easier to work with but it loses its stiffness.
- My cats like to sleep on netting material.
- You can't cut netting material in straight lines unless you pin it to a mat first.
- After you have calculated how much netting you need, double it. Maybe triple it.
- Sewing netting to elastic doesn't gather the netting. It just uses up all your spare elastic.
- I've forgotten how to make elastic waistbands.
- My cats like to chase the netting material as I run back and forth between cutting table and sewing machine.
- Hand gathering and hand stitching was probably the most reliable way for me to make this doomed garment but I was too lazy and too short on time.
- I should thank my mother for making my tutus when I was a ballerina in preschool. She must really love me to have fussed with this stuff.
- David's Bridal sells full ball gown "slips" full of netting and lined inside and out with crinoline for $59 USD. And they are always in stock in the store. And the sales ladies don't laugh at you for wasting time trying to make one yourself.
My original plan for the petticoat: (from www.uniquebridalsupplies.com.au)

The final garment: (even the cats think it is awful)
This whole thing was just so silly since I could go buy one at David's Bridal. I don't know what I was thinking. I first purchased the "full ball gown slip."
I'm only 5 ft 4 inches tall. This thing overwhelmed me. Once I put the dress on over it, it may have looked like Vogue intended but I felt like an oversized cupcake. I couldn't get through standard home interior doorways without using both hands to scrunch down the skirt!
Vogue pattern 2979
I found this petticoat to be a better option.
David's Bridal Ball Gown Slip
Waistband of David's Bridal "ball gown slip"
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