Blue Dress Update....(Guards Edition)

One side of the guards is completed....only one more side to go! Holly is working on finishing up the handsewing on the undersleeve so I can construct the whole shebang. The dress was originally supposed to be completed by Uprising (which is a month away), but Holly decided at the last minute that she wanted to go to Quest (next week) and she wanted to debut the dress there. Which is totally cool, I just had to light a fire under mah butt to get things done, and Holly has been conscripted into forced labor to help get everything completed.

The guard(s).........


I ended up sewing the ribbons to the bodice after all, and I think they'll work out just fine that way. When/if the ribbons need to be replaced, we will just have to unpick one side of the guards and unpick the ribbon stitching. So, not too bad, I suppose.

I did a deeper hem than I normally do to give the skirt as much body as possible. Man, that hem took *forever* to finish! Measure....fold....press.....pin..........repeat (x2)...............sew it all down. Yikes!!


I think the shoulder straps could have standed to be thinner, but in the end, I have hope that the overall effect will end up OK. I'm really excited to ge the whole ensemble together and do a photoshoot! (teehee!)