I decided to do a lining at the bodice of the dress (but I decided to leave the sleeves unlined). I could have sewn the lining separate from the bodice and attached them together at the neck facing but I decided to attach the lining to the bodice by serging around each piece (the bodice front and two bodice back pieces).

I’ve started using a headlamp (even during the day) when working with darker colored fabrics. It’s become a much handier way to see as I’m cutting or marking a garment on the cutting table.

I serged around all sides of the bodice front and back. One positive with this choice is that it made the fabric more stable. The taylor’s tacks were also captured in the serging so I could still see the markings/notches via the yellow threads to sew the garment together.

One negative with choosing to attach the cut out tulle fabric to the lining (in the first step) was that it changed the drape of the end fabric in the way the dress hung. I love the dress but if I had it to do over again, I’d enjoy keeping the lining separate from the tulle fabric and only attach them at the neck facing, for the drape.

I enjoyed the the back bodice with the keyhole and button feature.

I was so happy with the added movement that the underarm gusset brought. It made the end garment so comfortable to wear and the full movement range with the armholes made the end dress very versatile for me. I like having this little pattern piece now to keep in case I want to modify another pattern in the future.

Continued in my next post…

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