Colfax dress

Things I changed:

My fabric was pretty sheer so before I got started I interlined each piece. To do this I cut the front bodice, back bodice and yoke pieces out of both the main fabric AND a white cotton. Then I basted the two pieces together with 1/8 seam allowance. For the rest of construction, I treated these pieces as one.
I didn’t do the hem the way the directions stated. Instead of putting in a huge facing piece, I just hemmed by folding the bottom up 1/2 inch, ironing, and machine stitching. Since there was so much exposed edgestitching on the dress, I thought it looked nice.

What I’ll do differently next time:

I’m going to try taking in the bust about an inch. It fits fine but gapes a bit more than I would like.
I’m also going to raise the armscye by a half inch. It feels too open and breezy to wear to work!