Dress Progress...

I worked on my dress today. I guess I'm about half way through. First I attached all the outsides together and the insides together.

When I tried to attach the inside to the outside it was awful. After I had attached the sides to the front and back I realized that probably wasn't the best way to do it but this is the part where I figured out it wouldn't work at all. But at least I knew ahead of time what the solution would be.

All the side pieces after I ripped them off. (How 'bout that old school "yikes" ruler underneath everything there? haha.)

I just used a basting stitch to put the outside and inside together at the sides where the other pieces would go.

Then the hard part I had to keep it half way turned right side out and go at it from both sides.
One side.

Two side.

Last edge of the neck.

The awkwardness of stitching the neck.

Yay! I finished the neck.

I stitched the side pieces to each other (outside and lining), then the lining to the outside, then the sides between the outside and lining. And then I gathered the bottom edges of the front and back. I gathered the skirt pieces, too.

Next will be the waistband, then the skirt and the zipper? I don't know which I need to do first... I'm still confused as to how Allison's dress was stitched. I need to cut some pockets, too. I have to have pockets. I love pockets. I don't know why but I do.