No photos, since I’ve been too lazy to take them. I got bored (re: annoyed, procrastinate-y) fitting the bodice, so I swapped to skirt construction since that’s pretty straightforward.

What I’ve done since last time:

Chemise (done. Not sure that it isn’t too high cut. I may need to recut it lower and rebind the top)

• Cut fabric
• Sew
• (optional) lace on top/hem/sleeves (decided against lace, since I’m not a huge fan of how it came out. The next one can be decorated)

Bodice

• try Peling’s bodice over my corset
• mockup1 – Took a pattern of Peling’s bodice.
• mockup2 – This one needed to have the back and front raised, a point added to the back waist, and getting rid of the huge gap between my arm and the armscye
• mockup 3 – I’m hoping this will be the final one. I need to open up the front princess seams and add some more fabric in to make them curved. Plan to do this over my corset this weekend.
• cut silk
• cut interlining (silk organza?)
• cut lining
• sew bodice
• boning
• make piping and bias tape
• sew piping
• eyelets
• bertha base
• bias tape on bertha
• attach bertha
• figure out wtf I want for sleeves
• sleeve mockup
• cut sleeves
• attach sleeves
• tucker (optional for now)

Skirt

• Buy base fabric  – Got some green cotton from Joann (the only natural fiber they have)
• calculate flounce length and width
• buy lace and fringe  – Decided not to do this trim. I couldn’t find a lace I liked in New York. I did find a phenomenal fringe (made of thread, not the usual poly fringe you find everywhere) but it was about 3 inches too long. I thought about buying it and trimming it, but too much effort. Maybe the next version of this dress?
• Sew base skirt
• Bind bottom with fashion fabric – It goes about 5-6 inches up the front to hide the cotton. I sandwiched some cotton tape in the lining to kick it out a bit.
• Scallop template
• test flounces and fraying
• Cut flounces (on the bias)
• gather flounce on cord
• sew flounces to skirt
• cartridge pleat (or knife pleat?)
• sew to waistband
• figure out skirt closure
• hooks & eyes to attach skirt and bodice

Hair

• Bought a flower and ribbon hairpiece from etsy. I think I’d like to sew some lace on it. Now just need a fake bun.