Almost done!

Getting close to done!

Here are some pictures to tease you a bit!

I am much farther along than these pictures are going to show. Since my last post I have taken out and put back in the zipper:

I had put the lining and the outside of the dress on the same side of the zipper so everything was a mess. When I tried the dress on it was super itchy and I realized that the way I had it defeated the purpose of even having a lining. I am not sure what I was thinking of course the zipper goes between the outside and the lining! It fits much better this way too and it looks nice and neat. I hand stitched the lining to the zipper first (just a loose stay stitch to keep it in place) and then I hand stitched the outside to the zipper.

I tried the dress on with some accessories that were given to me by the lady I work for too:

I can't wait to show off the finished product!

You can see how incomplete it was here but since then I have added a lot more organza to the bottom and it is longer in the back

Thanks you to my friend Scarlet for her help and for taking these photos!

Since the above photos were taken, I have slowly made progress. Finishing the edges of the organza has taken a lot of time and sewing it on has been scary. You can see how much fabric was in my machine below:

I was very careful to keep an eye on everything so that I didn't accidentally stitch something I shouldn't

And then I had to buy more... 

That is what 4 yards of unfinished organza looks like! Yikes! To say the least I was not looking forward to finishing all of that edge.

But I finished it and now it is attached to the dress and I have a few things left to do so I will run along and do them :)

T-14 days until the wedding!