Starting Titanic Dress - mockup

I cut out the bodice from my scrap pieces stash.  It is a  nice enough cotton to use if the mock up turns out well too.

My scrap stash

The first mock up showed the alterations it definitely needed to fit me.  The young perky me no longer exists, and as all you more mature ladies know, things drop.  So I added to the bottom of the bodice by 1.5 inches, just to make sure I had enough.  The sides of the neckline were way too wide, so I brought the neckline and the arm hole toward the center by 1.25".

The altered pattern

2nd try on mock-up

I put it together and I'm not to sure how this all is going to work but so far, so good, I think.








The mock up showed the alterations it definitely needed to fit me.  The young perky me no longer exists, and as all you more mature ladies know, things drop.  So I added to the bottom of the bodice by 1.5 inches, just to make sure I had enough.  The sides of the neckline were way too wide, so I brought the neckline and the arm hole toward the center by 1.25".

Those 2 alterations really seemed to fix the problem at this point.