I have all three layers of skirts reworked and on Isar, so today I tackle the bodice and sleeves. The bodice was one-piece around the neckline with the underarm seams open so it could be sewn directly onto the doll over her skirt. Well, that's no way to put on a BJD dress, so I have to open the back. I squirted Fray Check up the center back, inside and out, and after it was dry I cut the center back of the bodice. It's great I'm such a "fabric hoarder" because I still had scraps of the original bodice fabric stored away for the last 25 years. So I cut two strips of the bodice fabric and am "binding" them around the cut edges.
It's amazing just how neatly the bodice was made - the only raw edges are the side seams where it was sewn onto the doll. The beading threads do show quite a bit on the inside though, but it was done thinking the insides would never see light of day again. I've had to "couch" down some of the longer beading threads inside the sleeves, so the doll's fingers won't get caught.
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