It's finally finished!

So I've been struggling with the Cherry Dress, McCall's 6503, that I discussed a little in my first post. Well it's finally finished!! WOOT!

So this is not the best picture of me, but that's what you get. I added a black knit shrug to cover my arms for work. I much prefer it that way just because it's A LOT of cherry print. It really needs a wide belt in the middle to break it up a little. I think.

You can see the arms here. Simple black single fold bias tape around the edge.

This is how I spent most of the time working on this dress. My seam ripper and I became great friends. I inserted the zipper at least 4 times... I am not a fan of zippers, needless to say. Hopefully I'll get better with practice. I did have to take this bodice in quite a bit. I started with an 18 based on the pattern measurements, but ended up with something smaller. Yay on the smaller front, but boo for the work involved in bringing it down, and it's still a bit too big. It would do well with taking it in more in the sides, but I am afraid that too much more will mess up the bust shape. Next pattern I do, I will definitely start at a 16 to see what happens.

This is just a picture of me looking sassy in my new dress! I really love the collar and the ruffled edging on this bodice. It really stands out great!