There was only one near tragedy; I had accidentally cut one of the princess coat panels with the nap of the velvet going up instead of down. So I had to re-cut it and use up more fabric than I had wanted to.
Still, I think I have plenty to go into the lower panels of the skirt. I ordered an extra yard though, just in case.
The bodice to about hip level is flat-lined in a black cotton twill.
Here she is shown over my new hoop petticoat, again with no sleeves yet and not much to look at. I will wrangle the sleeves on tomorrow:
Oh my, this is going to be fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThank you, I hope so too!
DeleteThe final fit is nice and smooth, I have one sleeve attached, and luckily it went on without too much fuss. I ended up having to take some excess out of the whole width of the sleeve, so that probably helped a lot.
I'll have more photos soon :-)