DAY FOUR: Pickle Toes and Duck Butt!

Aaaaaaand we're back. Day Four! How you doing so far??
Well today let's just power through! So let's finish the bodice and add the skirt!

I had a little issue sewing the top piece to the body. For some reason I had this weird little lump. I couldn't figure out what piece was off but I think it had to do with the very edges of the blue, maybe it wasn't even or cut correctly. I fully admit to being a not so precise cutter.

 I used black for the neck binding

 and blue for the arm bands. I totally messed up the topstitching on these though, like ROYALLY. Yay for seam rippers.

 I decided on a two panel skirt. Since it's going to be a little big, I didn't want to to be too long for her. I used the middle layer and just cut them both shorter, with one a little longer than the other. I hemmed off the top so that they would more closely match the bodice. I held it up to the bodice and figured about how wide it would need to be.
I was going to do a lettuce hem, but my machine would cooperate and then I couldn't find a damn allen wrench to take one of the needles out! I searched high and low. So I just decided to do a regular serge edge but stretch while I went.

 One both of those were done I pinned both together and connected to the bodice, being careful not to stretch either side too much.

 It's hard to see in this pic, but I was trying to show that I'm sewing the bottom blue layer and the top damask layer too.

And finally I am done. It was a success. I already have someone asking for one. The next one will be better. Things I will do differently next time: a smaller size in the panel top. It's meant to be a more slouchy fit, but I tend to like more fitted on Camille. Especially when adding the skirt, you'll need something more fitting so the skirt isn't huge away from the body. It's also pretty long on her, the bottom of the bodice part hit her lower than I though, so the smaller size might be good for that too. I also think I will make the back piece a solid black if I make another, just to break it up a bit.
I had her try it on to take a couple quick pictures and then I said okay you can take it off. She asked me "Is it done?" when I told her yes, she said "then I'm going to keep it on"
So that's a good sign! Then she got refried beans on it from dinner so nice pictures will have to wait until after the wash!
Let me know how you felt about these patterns! Did you have any problems or confusion? Enjoy it? I'll definitely be making more of these, I love having a cute pattern to use for my hoarded panels!

Thanks guys!