I nominate Mrs. Nachos’s bustle post. I love the ways hers looks. My seamstress gave me the “over or under” options and I kick myself for not pushing for this type of bustle more.
~ Mrs. Border Collie
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Hi everyone! I’ve had lots of inquiries about my bustle, so I decided to include as much info as I have about it here for you.
Here’s what I know:
My seamstress at David’s Bridal called it a “ballroom bustle,” but I now know that’s not the proper term for the style. One site I found refers to mine as the “train flip,” although I did a Google search on “train flip bustle” and nothing came up. I’m guessing that’s just her term. Anywho, whatever you want to call it, I made a Photoshop mock-up of how David’s did it.
(Picture the dress as see-through, and everything shown here is on the underside of the skirt.)

The red circles are buttons, and the black curvies on the end of the train are fabric hooks, all sewn to the underside. So basically, the buttons come up right under my butt, and the hooks are along the edge of the train, face down, touching the floor.
To bustle (again, this is all on the underside of the skirt, so you don’t actually see any of this when the dress is on):

The easiest way is to start on one SIDE of the train, find the first hook, and loop it over the first button, then work your way up and around the skirt until you get to the last hook and button on...