Fitting - the first time as the full dress

So I've been properly scolded again by Mom - as I have not updated in a while.  My apologies - things got busy - then the car got totalled (Tim was rearended - yes he's fine, and we now have another car...), then there was Thanksgiving!  So I will give the whole story through I promise.

SO - when I last was here, I had just finished the full dress for Gina's fitting!  I was a bit concerned with the amount of fabric on the front sides of the layers on the skirt - but I needed to see Gina in the dress.

Seeing Gina in the dress - I realized that yes - there was too much fabric on the side of the layers - and that the shape of the layer was slightly wrong.  I needed to rethink that shape.  The rear part of the skirt came out exactly how I wanted it to - but the front still needed some work.  Gina decided that she wanted the top of the skirt to come up about two inches as well - so I would need to accommodate that as well.  I wanted the shape of the layers to flow nicely from the front to the back - and this was not currently occurring.

 You can see the line on the dress - to the right - showing where Gina wanted the skirt to be - I also had a bit of fabric to take out to create the fit she wanted around her butt.  This is a great picture of the layering in the back - and how it turned out.

Gina had been talking about adding a sash to the dress - so I mocked up something so that she could take a look - this is a picture with that on as an option.

This is an idea as to what the dress would look like with a french bustle - it looks a little awkward in this photo - but with the skirt brought up the two inches, it should look great.  As you can see - the bustle pretty much causes the second layer to disappear in the back of the dress.

Next - I'll explain how I had to rethink the shape of the layers - and then on to the next fitting!