Pop that collar!!

I have been able to get so much done today!

Firstly, as I was finishing the bodice, I realized I sewed a piece backwards. Quite annoying. This fabric that I am working with has a very faint pattern and if you aren't paying attention it is easy to mistake the back for the front.

The edge where the straight top part is, should have been the side that was attached to the piece on the right. SO by doing it incorrectly it gave me a square neckline in the back basically. Once, I realized this I had to take almost the entire thing apart. Super frustrating. But once corrected, I was really able to move along quite quickly.

The fit of the bodice was has been the worst part of this project so far, I'm not sure if I just suck, or measured incorrectly, but to correct it I just made a larger seam allowance and this really helped with the fit!

The back, the correct way!

Next was the collar. After doing the Alice in Wonderland project, this collar was a breeze. The patterned called for it to be sewn directly to the right side of the bodice, which would have left a raw edge (icky), so I made the collar the same way I did the Alice one. By puting it on the wrong side, folding, and ironing it over to create a clean edge.

(wrong side of collar and bodice)

The pretty finished product!!! The collar turned out so damn fierce!! I am so in love with it! 

Next will be the sleeves, which is my least favorite thing in the planet to do, but once they are done I will be a solid third of the way done this project!!

Keep watching for a new update!!

Thanks guys!