I've had a very productive couple of days and as a result my dress is almost complete. There is, however, something not quite right with the skirt. Because the fabric I've chosen for the top layer is not stiff enough to hold itself up, where there is a slight excess in length at the bottom, it hangs over. I think it needs to be sewn a little tighter so as to be less like a puffball, so I'll need to address this next week. Besides that I'm very pleased with the bodice and also really like the sheer lower part of the skirt.
The standard darts in the pattern didn't quite match up with all the seams in my bodice. I therefor had to add them at the end in order to ensure everything lined up perfectly. Its so satisfying when all the pieces fit together
I then had to work out my gathering which turned out to be much more straight forward than I first thought. I simply cut two pieces of fabric twice the width of the skirt and then gathered them and sewed them onto my skirt.
Voila!
