For the skirt I used a costume satin that I picked up on sale at Joann's (woot). I originally bought 4 yards of the light fabric and 3 and 1/2 yards of the darker fabric. Looking back on it I should have bought 5 yards of the lighter fabric to account for my cat taking a leak on some of the fabric which is then not usable as urine stains are EXCEPTIONALLY hard to get rid of and if you do mask them you can never truly get rid of the smell. I should have also bought 4 and 1/2 yards of the darker fabric as I did go back and buy more which you can never really match the same color of the fabric you had because with each dye lot they vary slightly.
So here is my first try on of the dress. Sorry I don't have any progress shots of the sleeve making and attaching of the bodice to the skirt but i'll try my best to describe it. As you'll see in a later photo the sleeves are essentially long rectangles that get gradually wider at the end. They are very easy to sew however I have a slight water stain on one of mine because I was not aware you cannot steam this fabric as it will leave stains. So please, please, please check on a scrap piece of fabric or do some research BEFORE you use any type of water on the fabric as you can ruin it very quickly.
*The Bells of the sleeves i'll detail in the next post because they were a real pain in the butt.*
The skirt was made in panels to be exact three large panels, one in front bordered by two smaller panels and the last two large panels in the back. I went for panels instead of a circle skirt because I wanted it to lays nice and flat against the petticoat opposed to it having a crack-ton of folds as I would receive with a circle skirt. A circle skirt would also mean a LOT more fabric and I was in kind of a pinch for this project.
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