Notes to self: Fitting

I meant to put this in my original Pastille post, but seeing as how I forgot and it was a wordy enough post on its own, I'll put it in here. I mentioned some of these things, but I want to very clearly document fitting notes and future changes so that I can easily find them if/when I make a pattern again. Or for reference on similar patterns. I could write them down somewhere, but chances are I'd lose them. Blogs really are handy as notebooks.

Pastille Dress

• Back bodice is too long
• Waistline on front bodice needs to be raised a smidge outside of the darts
• Skirt could still be straightened a bit - near the middle it still rounds out too much
• Sleeves - didn't mark changes on pattern piece, so try to trace dress or just re-do them (or remove them)
• Check waist length between front bodice and front skirt - it didn't seem to match up, probably forgot to adjust skirt waist after altering bodice

Optional:

• Make back bodice one piece and move zipper to side, add width to seam allowances for lapped zipper
• Sleeveless or draft separate cap sleeves
• Lace insertion at hem instead of pleats
• Do the bow

Also, things I learned or tried:

Thread tracing

Using lace hem tape

Prick stitching, lapped zipper

Hand-stitched understitching on facings

SBA

Several certainly-not-textbook fiddlings to get those sleeves to lay right without unpicking everything...

And here's a close up of the fabric I used (in TWO colorways!) just because:

Via trinityquilts.com