Almost there

So I finally got the back piece almost 100% done. I just need to make the zipper area neat and tidy. The sewing machine had to have issues of course. All were minor and I fixed them easily, although they happened often. I did get quite a lot done.

Yes, the pictures suck. Super sorry. I took them in the late evening and the lighting is sorely lacking in my basement. This is the front panel.


The neckline of the patter I used was more heart shaped so I had to fix that to make it a straight line as Alice's dress is not heart shaped. There will be a small row of ruffles on the top as well as around the dress. You can kind of see how it's short in front. This part will be flared out with the petticoat under.

This is the inside of the front panel. I was going to use boning but after sewing one on...it looked awful. A slight warning for those who plan on using plastic boning, don't buy it if it's curled up. This will not straighten out when you sew it on. It made the dress curled outwards and it looked really bad.

I talked it over with my twinie (My friend who's cosplaying Will of the Abyss.) and she didn't add it either so I decided not to use it.

I also sewed in the lining. I did it a little differently. As you can see I sewed it on then flipped it over. I should have done it in panels but after a little problem I am finding myself lacking fabric so I had to make do so I could work on the dress. The dress really doesn't need full lining since the lining is the same color. I only did the bodice so my under things don't show. I will have on a full petticoat so nothing else will show if a bright light hits the fabric.





Tomorrow I will finally sew the two panels together, sew on the sleeves and cut the fabric for the ruffles and it I do all that in a timely manor and if the sewing machine decides it wants to work with me, I will start on sewing on the ruffles as well as the matching necklace.

Then all I will need to do is start on the leg wear and start on Oz's coat and waistcoat. Then finally I can settle down and work on Alice's scythe. I plan on going big for this scythe so hopefully I have some time to work on it. I'm really happy with how quickly I'm able to make these (Especially with all these issues.) and am hopeful that I can finish all pieces in time by the end of August. And I'm very eager to start on Seth. Although the amount of details on her piece will most likely take a lot longer to make than this piece. I will be using the same pattern though! So I will know not to make the same mistakes next time.

So in all I do like this pattern but wish they would have explained a  bit more in depth about certain steps. It is easy to follow and use though. It's hard to find the right pattern for big in the back, short in the front dresses so I'm glad I found it in time.