1. Spray starch your voile fabric.

2. Cut out your pieces:
Cut 1 of Waistband B (6)
Cut 1 on Fold of Petticoat (7)
Cut 1 of Petticoat Ruffle (8)
Decide ahead of time how long you will be cutting your petticoat ruffle. The longer the ruffle, the fuller your skirt will look with the petticoat under it to hold it out.

3. Finish one long edge of your petticoat ruffle.
Serger or Zigzag if you are going to trim the edge with lace.
Narrow rolled hem if you are not going to trim.

4. Butt the edge of the lace to the finished edge of the ruffle. Zigzag over the two edges the length of the ruffle. Stray starch and steam press.

5. Gather the ruffle to fit the petticoat using 2 rows of gathering stitches along the top edge of the ruffle.

6. Sew the ruffle to the petticoat and clean finish the seam. Press the seam up towards the petticoat.

7. Double fold above the back opening clip on each side, press, and straight stitch.

8. Gather the waist edge of the petticoat with a double row of gathering stitches.
9. Stitch the petticoat to the waistband and finish following the waistband instructions in Lesson 5.

10. To make the back opening of the petticoat overlap: stitch the center back seam mismatching the raw edges and using the inside edge as your 1/4" mark. Trim the excess and clean finish.

11. Finish the back opening with a snap or narrow ribbon ties.