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Dress Update, week 2

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The lining for Elly’s dress is finished!

The bodice was made with a medium weight cotton. The skirt was made with a lightweight polyester lining fabric.

Despite the fact that nobody outside the few who read this blog will see the inside of the dress, I took the time to hand baste in the skirt sections and to topstitch with the fancy flower motif. One day, she may want to wear the dress inside out.

Now she can.

Update: Dan mentioned that the inside of the dress resembled a Snow White dress. So, you might be looking at Elly’s Halloween outfit. What do you think?

Still Cutting Fabric

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Staring at the piles of fabric already cut out, it would appear that I could start sewing the pieces together anytime now. Except the truth of the matter is, I’m not even halfway done.

There is much more fabric to be cut, marked and thread-traced.

Here is the polyester lining that will be used to line the skirt portion of the dresses. It needs to be pressed, cut, marked, and thread traced. Then, there is the taffeta and lace to cut, mark and thread trace.

I wish I could hurry up this process up, but I don’t want to make any stupid mistakes. Plus, the Olympics are not helping. I spent all last night knitting in front of the TV watching our girls win the gold in gymnastics.