Starting my second piece..

Once I had my under garments all sorted I began by working on the top half. I decided to mark all of the pannels by eye and just pin in place until I was happy with the outome. At first I constructed the pannels so that they finished at the top of the corset but I then realised, by studying the picture, that one of the pannels stretched over the shoulder to help create the sleeve. I then started to consturct this pannel again making sure it was long enough to go over the shoulder.

This picture shows how I have constructed the pannels and that the one that needs to stretch over the shoulder isn't long enough.

This shows the changes I made to this pannel so that it is long enough to fit over the shoulder.

I then made sure that the front of the dress had the correct design line and that the curve was deep enough to properly highlight the fullness of the skirt.