To make the skirt for my dress, I began by cutting out the China Silk to create the lining. The silk was very slippery and the lining is a little wobbly at points but thankfully it's on the inside :) I cut out the next layers with my cotton/silk satin and the cotton voile, and then lastly cut out the top layer from the lace.
I carefully stitched the many seams together. This part of the process, while not hard, did take a really long time just because of the amount of fabric involved. When the layers were complete, I decided to let them hang for a while and then hem them. I usually save the hem for last but I thought it would be easier to complete the hem before attaching the skirt to the bodice because of the all the fabric. Once the hems were done, I sewed the lining to the bodice lining, and then basted the satin, voile, and lace layers together to prepare for joining the bodice to the skirt.
The above photo shows the scalloped borders that I removed from the edges of my lace and stitched to the bottom of my lace overlay. Unfortunately, I don't have many pictures of this part of the process as my iPad crashed and I lost my pictures, but thankfully I had a few saved and will continue on with some finishing details next time!
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