Silk Dress - Finale

Here it is, finished and I'm so much happier with it!

Side and Back views...

 Like I said, I am really happy with the final product and will never place gathers above my waist again! I'm not sure if it's worthy of a win for the Natural Fibers Contest at the Expo this year, but it's always fun to walk the runway in your own garment, so I'll enter it anyway.  First prize for each category (cotton, silk, wool, and linen) is $500 gift certificate, yowza!

Here are a couple pics showing the new pattern piece for the skirt on the old skirt piece.

I kept the skirt whole, and folded it along the center front/back.  You can see how the new waistline compares to the old.  At the bottom, where the pattern hangs off the fabric, I just stitched a straight line from the existing seam to the top of the new skirt at the new waist.

Above, you can see my white chalk lines where I adjusted for the raised waistline on the bodice, and also accounted for keeping the border straight at the hem.

Deadline for entering is Tuesday, August 10, so if you're interested, get over to PatternReview and enter!