The Bodice Begins to Come Together

First thing in putting this bodice together is to iron the interfacing (a stiffening fabric I added to the inside of the bodice to keep the tops of the sweetheart from drooping)  to the sliver fabric.  This also is when I would take a long stitch (also called a basting stitch) completely around the outside of the pieces.  This will stitch the lace to the silver piece.  This allows me to treat the three pieces of fabric as one piece when sewing them together.  My original plan had been to do this for all the pieces of the bodice before putting them together, but then I got excited.

I basted together the center piece of the bodice, and the two that attach to that.  Then I had to put them together!  So that's what the pictures are.  It's going to be so pretty!!!!!