Hoops!

I got mine from the bay of e from China. But it wouldn't arrive for Monday - it was cheap though!!

Yeah i looked on there but cant find any that can deliver in time. Its not for my wedding i plan to get mine a little earlier. My mum is going on a school trip and has to dress up as a tudor (wtf?), she's making the dress this weekend but needs a hoop, think we may have to go to a bridal shop and hire. How much do they charge?

Tell her to turn the lining of the skirt up a inch. leaving a kind of channel that she can push this through
http://www.kleins.co.uk/nylon-boning-89-p.asp
this will work as a hoop as long as the skirt isnt made of heavy material.
does that make sense, its hard to explain
(nylon boning is available from any good habadashery shop

Thats a great idea, will pass on ?

This page explains what i said a bit better. metal hooping would be ideal. but not many places sell it. so that why i suggested the nylon boning as an alternative
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/simplicity_9764.php
she would only need to sew a hoop into the bottom of the hem. not have loads of layers of hooping as shown on the website

I know she has some normal boning for the bodice of the dress any way so its worth a try.

Hi Lou-Smudge

Long shot but where are you based? I have a studio on the Dorset/Somerset border and have some hooped petticoats or just the metal hoops that she can thread through.

Tessa
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