Super Sewing Sunday!

undycat and I had another sewing day today!

Yesterday I brought the organza skirt to work and fiddled with it on the dressform (all done up in my undies, of course).  I hand-basted everything before I took it off, pinned everywhere as well, then hung it very carefully in a garment bag in the back when the store opened, then took it home at the end of the day.

Today I got the back puffs done as well.  It looks okay.  I'm really not in love with it, but I need to stop now before I make myself crazy.  I'm just kind of disappointed by how poofy it is, when the profile is so slim in the fashion plate.

Hopefully it will look better with the trims.  Right now, the poofiness is the only visual element, it's not being toned down by another texture or anything.  But with two rows of crisp taffeta pleats at the hem, and a band of satin, plus of course, the bodice and overskirt/tails, there will be more contrast.