Belle's Live Action Gold Dress for Inara - 2021 Build, Part II

Still a freebie because it's part of a series and the build is from last year. 

Silk Satin Faced Organza in yellow, gold polyester satin, gold net.  The bodice is multi layered. Because the fabrics are slippery, each type of fabric was cut one piece at a time in a single layer. Fabric clips help. I also used a rotary cutter on a mat. This make my cuts more precise and frankly, it's easier than scissors. I stacked each piece in their respective layers - gold satin face up, then silk organza on top, then net overlay on top of that, and clipped them together. I treated them as one layer from then on.  Lining is not shown. Proper technique would have been to hand baste them together, but if you are confident you can just clip them. If the pieces were larger and I needed more precise fit I would have taken the time to baste. But with kid's things, because they are smaller, you can get away with some stuff. Also note, I only had the net overlay on the main bodice and NOT the stomacher. The whole stomacher is going to be covered with bias painted strips and no one will see the under part. But you could have it if you wanted.

I pinned and sewed the darts in the backs and fronts, then sewed the stomacher to the two front pieces. Pressing is integral so all seam allowances were pressed open using a pressing cloth.  I left the back off for now because of the amount of stitching needed on the stomacher with the bias strips. It makes life easier if you have less fabric to manage around your sewing machine. 

Next up: Cutting and painting bias strips for the bodice....