V9017

I finally have some photo shots of the completed Vogue Dress,

Summary of fitting adjustments:

1. FBA of 1 1/2 inches, I ended up removing about 1/2 inch.
2. FSA 5/8 inch
3. Reduction of 2 inches from waist to hip
4. Added those 2 inches to length.
5. Sewed 3/8 inch deeper upper back seams for narrow back adjustment
6. Sewed deeper side seams starting at hip area down to hem, from thigh to hem I sewed 1 inch seam to taper the dress in more.
7. Took in 3/8 in upper chest area through the princess seams.
8. Swayback adjustment was closer to one inch than my usual 5/8, trued seam and added to side seam.
9. Lowered front neckline by 1/4 inch, next time may lower more, it is a high neckline more so than appears on the drawing on pattern envelope.

Here is the dress with me wearing.  The shoes I have on matches the golden brown color in the center panel.  Black shoes will be worn with this dress as well.

I lightened the photo to enable the center fabric to been seen.  In "real" light you can see the panel but with camera, not so well.