Navy lace dress

This is a fancy dress for my friend C to wear as a wedding guest or similar event.

I've used stretch lace for the outer bodice and sleeves and a thin jersey fabric for the inner bodice and two layers of skirt.

The neckline has narrow elastic stitched inside it. I've used the edge of the lace for the sleeve hem and a rolled hem on the skirt hems.

The pattern is Simplicity 9473, altered to fit C.

At the moment I've done a machine basting stitch between the bodice and skirt as we may have to alter the dress when C tries it on. To make it easier to unpick I used a royal blue bobbin thread in the basting