Progress Report

My dress is coming along nicely. The bodice is finished, and the sleeves are pinned in. The goal for tonight is to set the sleeves. We'll see whether I feel like putting it on to figure out where to turn over the top of the skirt. Then I just need to hem the sleeves and the slit at the center front of the skirt and set the skirt to finish off the dress.

I was feeling a bit guilty about having sewn the bodice lining together with the machine, but now that I've pleated the voile to the lining and sewn down all the pleats by hand, I really don't feel guilty any more.

If things go according to plan, I'll be finished with the dress by the end of May and will still have six weeks to make the other things I want. We'll see how it goes.