Second time lucky thank goodness!

The new fronts work just great :)



I may have to piece the sleeves to make them fit, but that's perfectly period, right?! I felt like such a pretty pretty princess swanning round in my rustling pale pink silk, I cannot wait to get to wear it :D and I have lots and lots of sewing to do in my lunch break tomorrow and while I'm at the shop! The back pleats and the bodice seams in the silk need top-stitching, all 4 skirt seams need sewing ( I only did the top foot or so on each side, just so I could set the waist pleats) and the waist pleats need tacking to the lining and top stitching. If my linen tape gets here I can do the waist on the apron front too, I'm using a too small scrap of tape at the moment, just for the fitting.