I finished this dress last night. Inspired by
this dress by Mary Magdalene.
I originally bought the remainder of a bolt of blue floral fabric to make this dress in and decided that it would be a bit more wise to try out my pattern drafting skills on a solid color that, if need be, I could replace. In the end, I did not need to replace anything, though the dress still caused me plenty of grief.
Specifics:
Fully Lined
Fully Serged
Invisible Zipper (through two layers of fabric,the idea of which I am no longer fond of)
Bows have pin-backs so they can be taken off
Layer of lightweight interfacing between the hand-gathered outer layer of the bust, and the lining
Fabric loops down back for lacing
Originally intended to add a built in petticoat to the mix, and decided against it.

I'm smaller than my dress form, so it's not zipped all the way here.


(also put together the hat)

The loops on the back


Worn with a petticoat (yes, I am ignoring the blouse rule)

Worn without a petticoat at my place of work for my Pup's last day of training class.