The bodice is the same satin as the under skirt, flat-lined with some super cute cotton butterfly fabric. I decided to couch all the eyelets so they would look like hand-made eyelets - I do not hand sew well enough to do hand-made eyelets. It took forever to stitch 31 eyelets (odd number since I'm spiral lacing) but I think it came out pretty good.
I knew that the mockup was a bit big. I decided to go ahead and make the bodice and fit it afterwards, since I will be finishing my inside seams (and covering with boning channels). I knew the armhole needed to be a tad bit bigger so stitched my shoulder seams at a lower seam allowance, and that worked out perfectly. The back over the butt/hips was too big but I think I figured out where to take it in. The bustline also gapes in the front, so that will be taken in (the pattern notes this seems to be a common issue). I am seriously considering putting in a hidden front opening of some kind though, as the spiral lacing is a major PITA to get in an out of. I put in 5 yards of ribbon, which is too much, but regardless it needs to be long enough to loosen it to get on/off, then you have a lot of extra ribbon hanging down. Here is the pinned bodice, back and front (doesn't that train just look delicious in the back? OMG I love it.). Yes, I should not have been standing in front of the window when taking these, but it's enough for me to see that the fit looks pretty decent now, so I just need to adjust the seams and try it on again.
The sleeves will be a lovely pale green silk chiffon, and I am going to do some kind of draping of chiffon at the neckline. I intend to bead it and bought a beautiful mix of seed beads in an ocean color theme mix. I am going to bind the upper and lower edges with self-made bias in the same fabric.
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