The anatomy of the rose

Dear Readers,

we all know that people who sew have a strange urge to see the insides of the garments. Who am I to subdue it? So without further ado, here is the left side of the grey roses dress:

The lingerie guards...

 ...open

...and closed

Finishing of the bodice

  Satin bias binding covering the armhole, center back and waist seam allowances; cream grosgrain                        waist-stay; bodice cotton lining; lingerie guard; skirt lining; lapped zipper

                    Hook and eye at the top of the lapped zipper (well, only a hook pictured here)

More details of the waist seam allowance finishing; the waist stay, which fastens with 2 hooks & eyes

Pick stitching and hemming

                                                  To keep the contrast bands in place

                                                            To sew in the zipper

                                              Sleeve hem, slip stitched to the cotton lining

                                                        The hem - from the right side...

    ...and the left side. You can see that wherever it was possible I used the selvedge as the finish  

                In other places I used the blanket stitch to secure the skirt seam allowances; Both the                                 main fabric hem and the lining hem were made using hand rolled hem

The long seams of the lining were made with quite wide french seams

Thank you for reading! Have a wonderful weekend.