Nearly finished!

I am in the final phases now. I found some lovely pearl trim that went onto the overskirt. It took many hours of hand sewing to attach this, and unfortunately there are a couple spots where pearls were missing. I am going to try sewing an additional one into the gap though, or maybe some super glue. But it looks really good! And I did a big bow on the back, although it's a bit floppy and I might redo it with some more structure.

I also made some adorable origami fabric butterflies for the bodice. I love how they turned out! Even with those, I think it's still lacking some oomph. I ordered some little satin roses that I'm going to try in the center of each box pleat. And I made a bow in the blue fabric for the left shoulder, but I need to try it on to decide exactly where to attach it.