Duffy Dresses bodice

Decisions, Decisions!!! Lots of choices to make when making something for the first time! How amazing to see something on paper come to life…..I think that is the case here!!!

Here is a great photo that shows the yoke on the bodice. Ann Donahue has done a great job of taking the Duffy design and bringing it to reality! This photo does a good job with the colors. It is sometimes hard to get a nice picture with a close representation of the colors (and I am notorious for taking bad pictures!!) but this one is pretty close.

Here is the full back. This is pinned on the dress form, so it’s not all neat and tidy. But it does give a good idea of how it all comes together. The neckline is not trimmed to size. That will be done when I bind the neck seams.

Close view of the back. Just so pretty! How nice it all comes together, and looks just like the TCRG’s design! No zipper in there yet of course! Thats last!!!

Thats a longer view. The cape is going to be a flowing soft cape of the same orange fabric as the yoke. It will attach with an embroidered patch.

A peek at the lining. Here is a closer peak….

More soon! Going to be using a velvet binding for the skirt panels, as just seaming from top to bottom was all wonky. The front would not stay still, it kept slipping to the back and made everything look bumpy and uneven. Thanks to some dressmaker help, I think I am on the right track for the finishing touches.