I cut out the mauve gown tonight. I’m trying a couple of experiments with this one. More than a couple, actually.
-> Button cuffs. I’ve done stuffed buttons before, so this isn’t totally new to me, but I’ve never done buttoned cuffs before.
-> Actual math… usually I don’t try to factor in the “droop” of the body panels past my shoulder line when I figure my sleeve length. But with the more fitted sleeve, I needed to do this, so I had M take my shoulder measurement, found the difference between that and my body panel width and 
took the requisite amount off of the sleeve length.
-> I’m relying more on the gussets to lend fullness to the bodice rather than wider body panels. We’ll see how that goes.
-> I’m going to TRY sewing with threads pulled from the fashion fabric. We’ll see if it’s strong enough. I’ll definitely need to double it for it to be strong enough. So I have big piles of threads twisted up to keep them from getting tangled with each other.
I’m lining this in white damask (mostly… need to see how the amount of damask I have maps to the cut wool) and I’m definitely going to be doing some serious basting to keep things lying nicely. I’ll also have to see how bulky the seams are going to be before I decide how I’m going to finish them.
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