I've got a good start on dress #1 for sewing it. I have the main structured bodice together, and the skirt together, and they are now attached. The right side seam is all sewn up and the left is still open because that's the side that I need to put the zipper.
When I had the skirt made but separate from the bodice, I stuck the boning in the right side seam to see if it will make the dome shape I'm looking for, and it looks AWESOME. To make the casing for the boning, the side seam of the skirt had to be a french sea. A french seam is when you sew the fabric together with wrong sides together at 1/4", then flip the garment around that seam to make it right sides together, then sew 1/4"again, this makes a little casing for you to slide the boning into.
Now, here is my dilemma, I have a lapped zipper in my left side seam, and the zipper has to go into the skirt part of the dress because no one would be able to get it on otherwise. Soo it's a matter of figuring out how to make the same seam be a french seam, and still be able to do a lapped zipper :\
Other than the closure, what I have left to do is my facings and my chiffon straps and chiffon draped piece. I am quite excited. I'm probably going to be spending all day Saturday at the sewing lab getting it done and cutting out fabric for my second dress.
woo!
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