Finished my cocktail dress:
It doesn't fit the dress form because our model is smaller than the dress forms. It looks great on her, though!
It was a challenge to work with these stripes because they just don't line up perfectly, no matter where I put the pattern pieces. Maybe that's why the fabric was so inexpensive; $5 per yard is really cheap considering the prices of other fabrics I've used this year; even the lining and the satin I used to bind the edges of this dress were more expensive.
One of these days, I need to find a model to wear my garments so I can get better pictures of them.


