V8571: I went with plan C, now in progress

Hello!

I loved reading all your comments on my last post!!  Especially Trumbelina's about temper tantrums and cookies and balling the dress up and throwing it in a corner.  :)

I went with plan C, which was the majority vote.  I started over and cut out a new bodice from scratch, with the shoulder and armholes and neckline as a size 8 and side seams as size 12 (instead of everything as 14).  Before I did that, though, I basted the side seams as if I had cut a size 12 and suddenly the dress was looking a LOT better.

It looks even better (as in the pix above and below) with the 8/12 combo.


The underbust seam is actually under my bust.  And when I'm wearing it, the gathers in the back are flat and not droopy.

I need to fix the gathers (front and back) and swayback pooling but this was just a Q&D basting to see if I was going in the right direction, I think the answer may be yes.  I don't want to jinx myself though!!

I plan on working on this tmw afternoon before my god-cat shows up for 2 weeks at my house for some suburban fun.  Or he can help me work on it.   But I need to do more cleaning too.  Hmmm... I really want to get this dress done before next weekend, can you guess why?

Be well!