This was what the dress looked like earlier today when I resumed working on it.

Viola! The finished dress view 1.

This is a single flower up close. Once they were all completed they reminded me of the flowers on a leigh. It took 28 flowers to entirely circle the waist of the dress.

This is what the waist band looks like once the flowers have been pinned on. I won't be permanently attaching them until I put the sash piece around the waist.

My youngest daughter is holding the dress up for me in this photo so you can't get a true idea of what the dress looks like until my oldest daughter puts it on but as you can see it is starting to really look nice now that the flowers have been pinned on. There's just a few steps left until completion.

I decided to put a cotton liner in the dress to keep the plastic from sticking to her skin. Here you can see I have sewn the cotton to the inside of the bodice.

This is the skirt lining. I used the same cotton material that I used on the bodice but I also added a layer of netting just to give it some extra poof ability.

These are the skirt layers after they've been attached together.

This is what the skirt layers look like standing up. Although the plastic becomes pliable once it has been ironed it is still plenty strong and can stand up all by itself. LOL

This is what the dress currently looks like. As you can see it is ill fitting due to my daughter trying it on with clothes on underneath and the fact that I have some alterations to do once I'm finished. There's still lots to do and I can't wait to see what it looks like when I'm done.

This is the beginning stages of the front of the bodice. At this point it is just a blank shell.

This is the back of the bodice. As you can see I have lots of adjustments to make. The zipper is pinned in right now but it fits perfectly and looks nice I think. Now to make the rest of back of the bodice fit as well as the zipper. Plus this makes it the dress capable of being worn more than once.

I think these skirt layers are cute. They haven't been gathered or fused together yet but once I get them all floofed up and attached to the bodice they are gonna rock.

Here's a view of the skirt layers spread out on my craft/camping table. You can see how they are haphazardly laid on top of each other but you get the gist of what it looks like. I got lots of gathering to do.