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diff --git a/source/historical_womenswear/underwear/early_victorian_corded_petticoat/index.rst b/source/historical_womenswear/underwear/early_victorian_corded_petticoat/index.rst
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--- a/source/historical_womenswear/underwear/early_victorian_corded_petticoat/index.rst
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@@ -54,6 +54,47 @@ Check that by aligning the single selvedge to your waist the fold falls
 somewhere below the mid-calf: the petticoat will be shortened a bit by
 the cording.
 
+
+....
+
+
+Fold down the selvadge by 2 cm, draw lines at 5, 10 and optionally 15 mm
+from the fold.
+Starting 20 cm from each side, mark points at every cm.
+
+Run a strong thread that is longer than the finished waist on each
+marked line, making sure to enter the fabric right at the marked points.
+
+Cut a piece of 2.5 cm tape that is as long as your waist plus 32 cm, hem
+the ends folding them down by half a cm twice and mark the center.
+Also mark two points that would be quarters if the tape was exactly as
+long as your waist (so 15 cm less than the actual tape on each side.
+
+Pin the tape to the top of the petticoat, aligned on the fold, on the
+wrong side, putting it flat on the first 20 cm and then pinning the
+marked point and pulling the gathering thread so that 
+
+
+
+pleat towards center front and center back
+
+
+[...]
+
+Cut two pieces of 1 cm tape, 42 cm long, hem one edge, fold the other
+edge down by 1 cm and put it on the folded down allowance at the top,
+right before the pleating starts, and pointing towards the end of the
+fabric. Hemstitch to the allowance on 3 edges.
+
+Then pass the needle to the outside of the fabric, and backstitch
+through both layers of fabric, the narrow tape and the wide tape, to fix
+it in place.
+
+Pin down the wide tape, covering the narrow, and hemstitch it to the
+unpleated part of the petticoat, forming a channel.
+
+Repeat on the other side.
+
 Variants
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