It's a dress!

[mala_14]

It still needs a hem and hooks/eyes. And I need to unpick some of the stitching attaching the skirt to the waistband and redo it because I didn't overlap properly for the opening in the skirt, so it gapes a bit. Annoying, but shouldn't take too long. One of my classes has videos of storytelling to listen to instead of books to read, and one of the

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[jenthompson]

I love it! It's such a fabulous print, and it looks wonderful on you!

[mala_14]

Thanks! I owe it to you. It's from Whittle's and I only know about that place because you linked to them. :)

[starlightmasque]

Wonderful! Nice job!

[mala_14]

Thanks Angela! Still need to finish it off.

[newmoonstar]

So pretty! I love the print of the fabric- gives it a very autumnal feeling.

[mala_14]

Thanks! It's funny because I bought this fabric online and thought it was very spring-y looking, but when I got it the green was much more olive in person. It was actually kind of lucky because autumn colours are way more me. :)

[padawansguide]

Wow! This looks so awesome!!

[mala_14]

Thank you Maggie! :)

[tigerweave]

It's gorgeous. I know I know little about the authenticity etc, but I adore those sleeves! It always seems sensible to me to have the sleeves a bit forward from the elbows. How often do we reach straight back behind us?

Love the fabric too!

The back looks like it just needs to be pulled down a bit. Or maybe it's a bit too tight under the arms/across the back there? Doesn't look hard to fix, or hard to correct in the draft for the next dress.

[mala_14]

Thank you! Yeah, a curved sleeve totally makes sense because your elbow is at least slightly bent most of the time anyways. The back really is just a touch too long. It's not something that shows up nearly as much in bodice mock-ups because it gets pushed up a bit from the petticoats/skirts/bumpads etc. that sit at the natural waist. It'll be very easy to fix. :)

[tigerweave]

Are you planning to fix it on this dress? or wait till you do the next one?

[mala_14]

Nope, not on this one. It would involve undoing and redoing way too much hand stitching. But on the next one for sure.