The Home Stretch

This dress is almost finished!

I decided to line the cuffs so all of the interior raw edges do not show through this sheer fabric.  And instead of a buttonhole, I am using button loops.

Of course, I stitched the loops on without thinking about the fact that the piece gets folded in half and had to remove and re-stitch two of the loops.  Whoops!

The facing wants to curl up, so I am going to stitch that down all across the front edge.  Thankfully, the underlining makes it possible to hide those stitches!

Hemming an underlined piece is so much fun - the stitches almost disappear.

The last thing to deal with was that pesky kick pleat.  The original pattern had a vent, but I like to sew that opening shut.

Almost there!