Tissue. Best suited usual calico. Economical and very easy to operate. Only needs to be pre-washed in warm water, dried and ironed, because c / b in the wash gives greater shrinkage. If you wish, you can use the grid. Looks aesthetically pleasing, but will cost you much more expensive.
Footage of fabric will depend on the width and length of your crinoline. Wider than the skirt, the greater the consumption of tissue. Approximately, with a width of 150 cm fabric, you'll need three lengths of the product. If we assume that the approximate length of the skirt - 1 m, you will need 3 m sheeting or mesh.
The most painful question - what to do from the frame. Wire for the case at first glance do. But petticoats get heavy. In addition, the wire bends easily and is not able to regain its shape independently.
Creative option - sticks balls. These plastic tubes are sold in packs of 100 pcs together with fasteners (very important detail) and are extremely cheap - 40-60r packing.
Crinoline will be sewn on the basis of the pattern skirt shestiklinki. To get all six items, you'll need just one piece pattern. The upper side of the wedge - 1/6 the volume of your hips, the length of the wedge - 1 m, width - at your discretion (eg, 50-60 cm).
Wedges should be cut (do not forget to seam allowances to 1 cm) and sew together. Then you need to topstitch 5 rows of strips of fabric across the skirt and 12 vertical stripes. Important: ring sewn on the inner side and the vertical edge - at the outer. Most importantly - do not stitched edges, and the intersection of the rings. Otherwise, then you will not be able to put the frame. Then sew the gum belt, which will be held petticoats.
Now you need to make a simple skirt rigid frame. For this tip to balls neatly cut (remove the socket and zausenchik). You get a real union nut for rod. Vertical strips insert sticks balls, connecting them "nuts", cut the excess length and reseal the entrance. Do the same with the rings.
As a result, you get a magnificent and very light crinoline.