Steampunk Pirate Dress, the underskirt

 



I cut and ironed ten yards of fabric - 5 of the embroidered taffeta, and five of silk.  Then I sewed my panels of silk together for the lining, serged all my edges, and attached the lining to the taffeta.  This took approximately three hours in all.  Then I started the complicated stuff, sewing my skirt together and attaching the placket, to which I added buttons and button holes.  


( More details and photos behind the cut. )