Rainy Day is Good for Sewing

Agenda today: make a dress prototype. I need to run up to midtown to exchange the purple shoes so I will try to do a little fabric shopping if anything is open. I also need sewing scissors.

I started by tracing this grey dress I have because it has a similar cut to what I need to make. I skipped a bunch of steps and just cut out the muslin in the shape of the dress. I'm going to make the sleeves as separate pieces so now I'm working on the main piece.

After quickly sewing it together I put it on... I wish someone was here to see it because I was completely stuck and it was probably funny. I'm pretty surprised it didn't rip. I finally got it over my stupid right shoulder. Looking good! It's not quite easy to breathe while wearing but I will be using a stretchier fabric for the real thing. Here is a pic! I should have used a longer timer on the camera so I had time to pose but whatever.

So here I am, still wearing the tube. I'm pretty sure I have to cut it off of myself. I also think I need to add a zipper.