My Fantasy Dress Part 2

In Which I Rejoice because the task is finished well!

It is done! I am done! The whole insane project is done,and glory-be, it is done well!

I am ecstatic over the creation! Glory to God! I did, for a minute get a little vain and prideful, so i need to recoginize that the Glory goes to God, becuase a lot could have gone wrong- especially in the cuting of the under dress and the over-dress bodice-so Thank You Lord for your help, and Thank You for Blessing this dress! My sister actually asked me to pray for His blessing over it before I began, since this was such a big project. What can I say? I have a smart younger sister!

My Mother deseserves a lot of praise as well. She cannot sew herself- but she can pin bodices and think about the logistics of putting together a garment. Thanks Mommsy!
Above you can see the dress as two separate parts. The under-dress is a fully functioning gold medieval dress, with hook-eye closers down the back, off the shoulder sleeves, and wrist puffs.

The Blue Over-Gown is hemmed long, because I love the feel of flowing taffeta. But, i should not plan to sneak around the house at night in this-it is a loud dress it, rustlesssssssss.
If you examine the collar of the gown, you will see the gown has pleats along the shoulder part. This is exactly how Susan's was done in Prince Caspian. The collar is NOT sewn down to the sellves. It flips up freely off me, on me it curves and rests neatly. Needless to say, the collar took a lot of fiddling.
The corset over-dress bodice is STIFF, the iron-on stabilizer being more than enough to make it the fabric begin to act like a corset. I used light boning therefore. The back of the under dress was cut to meet the blue gown in a V-shape. It fastens with a small snap, overlapping slightly.The wrist-puffs on Susan's dress extend from her elbow down, due to rations on gold material, I made mine smaller., but the effect is still just as pretty I think! :)
And so you see, it is done! I hope you enjoyed it!
xoxox
Lexi