This is the frock with sewing done except for buttonholes. You can see a little discoloration but this will not be an issue after I do some over-dying.
In this second photo, I show a close-up of the tall skinny pocket I added just for my reading glasses. I have patched in some fragments of lace trim and leftover quilt scraps to make it a little more fun.
If you iron the shiny side of freezer paper to the back side of the fabric it will adhere and stabilize so that you can paint of draw or write verse as I have done. This happens to be a poetic sort of thought I had years back as I gazed out over a small mountain meadow as dusk was settling over the valley. I thought I had enough room but got too expressive toward the end of the last of it and so it is not so perfect..
"Like bubbles in a glass of champagne, fireflies arose from the tall grasses of the meadow and twinkled away into the dusky twilight."
To complete the thought, I added machine and hand embroidered grass, and some rhinestone sparkles to simulate fireflies. Here is the hoop I used for both the machine and hand work. It is essential to keep the fabric taut so the stitches will not pucker the fabric. There will be more updates as I move along with this garment, but I do not expect to be in a hurry with it. I think it will be a work in progress for a long time to come.
