Chemise

Ok, so, I wrote about the dress I'm making for Halloween already once; here's the chemise:

 

The bodice is fitted through the bust, and I flared the skirt to give it some fullness.  Alas, it is too sheer for action shots.  I finished all the seams:

I learned from this that I really need to just taper the sleeves for better shoulder movement and leave them fuller around the upper arm.  An armhole:

The facing at the neck.  It does lie flat while being worn.

This was my pattern:

The kirtle will be next; my goal is to avoid needing facing for it, so the patter will likely be straight-ish around the bust/under the arms, with shoulder straps.  It will be back-laced, so that will be something new for me to learn.  I'll need to play with the button-hole foot on my sewing machine before I try it on the "good" fabric.