Final Major - Budellini technique

After visiting the Valentino exhibition I decided that I wanted to include some of the Couture techniques within my garment but at a more high street level. The one outfit I liked the most was a chiffon dress that used a technique known as Budellini
'Budellini (a couture technique specific to Valentino), where you start with a flat fabric, you roll sheep's wool into tubes, and then cover them with satin'
Valentino: Master of Couture' exhibition at Somerset House, London
By Apphia Michael
http://www.wallpaper.com/fashion/valentino-master-of-couture-exhibition-at-somerset-house-london/6215
I have looked into making these with something that has body like plastic tubing and although it looks nice its quite heavy, so I came across somee piping cord that shoild be used for piping around cushions when I was rooting around a haberdashers that was only 23p per meter and I used this with jersey overlocked to make a long narrow sock type cover and I fed it through.  I like this and will use it within the short dress at the front and the jersey top, like caging or scaffolding and the waistcoat maybe.