all the world's a stage

I was starting to get a little overwhelmed with all the work I still had left so I did pause this project to make a skirt, but I'm officially back to business.

First thing I did was attach the rigilene to the back lining by hand. I then basted the shell and fashion fabric together because I wanted to make sure there were no lumps and bumps, and then I prick stitched the lining and the shell together along the outside of the rigilene. I turned in the seam allowance on the lining pieces and fashion pieces and whip stitched them together.

I'm still working on finishing the lining on one side, but in the meanwhile I've also hand finished the hem of the front of the gown skirt, ripped up strips of fabric for the trim, and started prepping the flounce pieces. I also finally started on the sleeves! I've yet to attach them to the bodice but that's coming eventually. 🤷‍♀️

Took a break from the robe a la francaise in order to make a tiered ruffle skirt. Fun little easy project.

I had a busy weekend so I didn't really get much done, all things considered. I did manage to shorten the waistline by 5/8th of an inch, not a full inch. I just inserted a small strip of fabric to the skirt to make up for what I was taking away from the bodice, and I'm choosing to pretend it looks a little like the bodice has piping and call it a day.

Mind you it's not the best fix but given this is polyester I actually don't mind encountering the error part of trial and error. I ran into an issue because I didn't do my due diligence when patterning the alterations, but I fixed it and can now move on and know how to avoid it next time.

I finally started whip stitching the side bodice lining piece in, and also decided I needed to add some more structure to the back lining piece. I've made some casing out of thrifted bias binding for some cheap rigilene I've had for years, and now I'm planning on whip stitching the rigilene to back lining, right next to the grommets.