Progress: Bodice and Chemisette!

So, I finished my skirt, and I started on the bodice.
I'm using the TV 1881 Dinner Bodice as a pattern.

So, before I started the bodice, I made my chemisette out of an old white shirt (yea, recyling!) which was out of comission due to paint stains on the sleeve. So, now it's a chemisette!

Anyways, now I'm like, okay, let's take my measurements with all of my 20 thousand different underthings. So, I've been noticing my corset is taking some serious wear and tear.

And it's getting bad.

I don't usually have a fichu, but my falsies were showing... oops! >/////<

So, naturally, I want to make a new one. I have these two fabrics which I like, I think I'm leaning twoards the musical one. Also, my old one was made with twill which I discovered warps so now my corset is awkwardly slanted. I feel like (also) I've been reading a lot and I'm prepared to take the opportunity to make a new, nicer corset for myself with all the stuff I've learned about this one, and read about.

Oh, here are my two fabrics.

As I said, I prefer the musical one, but the colour-changing flowers are cool too.

Anyways, moving on. I took all my measurements and did the math and all that shizz for the bodice, and I was like "Yeah, I'm totes ready for this!"

So I cut everything out.

Yay, little slivers of paper!

All bodice pieces

I made my mockup and IT WAS SERIOUSLY TWENTY SIZES TOO BIG.

So, see the pictures.

The poopy mockup

Kiyotea is not amused.

I LOST 20 LBS!!!!11!!!!1! :DDDD

Okay, maybe I was a little amused. I later realised that not my math, but my reading was wrong. I did the math fine, but I like, totally looked at the wrong number and cut out a HUGE front size. So I re-did the math and cut out the proper size, and it fit like a glove. Well, give or take a few centimeters.

The pretty mockup

And look at that open space!

SO I was happy. I also fixed the sleeve head, which was too big after I cut the smaller size.

I did so by taking a long dart, which I learned from Miss Jennifer from historicalsewing.com.

Then I proceeded to cut out my striped fabric.

My fabric in strips.

I matched up all the stripes also using tutorials from historical sewing, so That they'd all look pretty and shtuff. Then you can see all my bodice pieces, save for the sleeves.

So, yeah. That's where I'm at now. I'm hopefully going to finish putting these together today, and I'll be able to start working on sleeves! That'll be a trip, but not for today!

Progress!

I got my solid fabric strips for the rainbow dress, at long last!

So I sewed them into two-inch strips and I put them on my skirt.
Then I sewed the apron to the back and did the waistband and a few other little finishing details.

Here's the skirt:

front, side and back

I have to say, I wish my pannier didn't come out so wonky; I should have looked at the pattern while I was draping it up. Also, a dressform might have helped with the draping. Ah well. :/

I'll probably go back later and re-do them, so they look better. Maybe if I finish everything else super early.

Oh, and my underskirt is pretty much done, except I have to wait for my American Duchess Boots before I can hem it/sew the ribbon trim. Otherwise it's all systems go to move on the the chemisette/cuffs and the bodice. :D