The Bodice of a Rehearsal Dress

After cutting out all the pieces for my rehearsal dress, I began the assembly. Today, I completed the first round of bodice assembly.

There were a great number of pieces (23 to be exact) and 6 pieces of boning to be installed. It took me all day.

Bodice pieces cut out

Assembling the underlining

Underlining

Underlining assembled!

On to the boning

Boning all pinned in

I used my zipper foot to sew the boning casing in place

Next, I attached the underlining to the front of the bodice

Pinned then basted in place

Looking good!

Back (ignore the pucker I’m fixing that)

Finally I attached the straps and the lining (which is the same fabric as the outer fabric)

When making the straps, I needed to turn the tubes right side out. This is how I did it.

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Check back for further progress on the rehearsal dress!