brown velvet: chapter 3

So this is where we landed today. The baggy darts and waist have been rectified... but I'm still not happy with the neckline. Working on it, though... I'm thinking there's som ruching in this dress's future.

I am particularly fond of the brown/robins egg blue combination. I made the necklace as well.
Now she gets to rest for a day or two while the bias stretches. Then it will be on to zipper insertion and hemming. And did I mention fixing the neckline? This girls' bust would never have made it in the 1950s.