Cut out my dress pieces with decent seam allowances. Not as wide as I would have liked as I barely got all my pattern pieces onto my fabric.
Hand basted my dress together for a first fitting. Made adjustments primary to my bodice pieces. I have one shoulder higher then the other so my shoulder seam was adjusted. Some shaping went on and added subtle darts to the side.
Added ease on the sides as well. Without Susan's help I would never have thought of these adjustments. Can not talk enough about taking advantage of a Susan class if you can.
Machine sewed the bodice front and back pieces together except for the shoulder seams.
Adjusted the bodice to get my shoulders correct. Could even pad the right shoulder but it turned out well. Balanced out all my pieces.
