bodice

full

back detail (during ceremony; color is off because of the church lighting)

I was really happy with the skirt, but less so with the top. I am told that I’m the only person fixated on this, though, so I will just get over it at some point.

Things I wish I had done differently:

• underlined the sleeves with organza or something – they didn’t have enough body, especially next to the rest of the bodice, which was underlined, and they wrinkled if I just looked at them.
• used more boning in the bodice. I have spring steel in the princess seams, the side seams, and the back darts, but I wish I had used more to keep it smoother.
• gotten the neckline right – it was too high in the back, even after I cut it way down, and I have many photos which feature my bra strap, even though I had used lingerie keepers in the shoulders. Maybe because I did, since it having the shoulders set in place sometimes made the neckline gap. It just could have been better.

Detail of the bodice – the beading is a grid of three 4mm Swarovski crystals, filled in with #10 tricut delicas, also in threes. Triune beading, I guess. The band at the neckline continues around the back.