Trudy took pictures of me in it but of course I erased them by mistake so here are some lovely back of the bathroom door shots of the dress finished but yet to be finally pressed.
Of course I pressed as I sewed but handling it again to hem etc. inserted a million wrinkles and it will need a careful going over.
I am not going to do that now, I need a little distance and a break.
My luck held, no major disasters, and it would tempt fate to put it to the iron tonight.
Best both the dress and I have some time apart before that happens.
I think I managed to interpret the instructions that were not there fairly well and on me I learned a few things.
That weird hanging down part actually looks fine folded up and secured with a brooch like in the design picture on the website. I need a pin that matches the dress pretty well but fortunately when I went into a nice little shop today they told me they are expecting a shipment of many hundreds of 40s and 50s pins from an estate. As soon as they arrive I will tear down there.
So if you have a good imagination, and squint a bit to blur the wrinkles, here is the dress. Proper shots of me in it to follow when I have everything, including my nerves all smoothed out:
