Well, the trim is finally on all the sleeves, and after pressing, they will be ready to baste onto the bodice. I ended up using two trims I've had for over twenty years - finally a use for them - trims in colours to accent the colours in the metallic brocade.
I beaded along the edges of the braid trims, but didn't go all the way to the sleeve edges, because I still need to sew the underarm seams, and my sewing machine does not like lumps. But it's easy enough to sew on the missing beads afterwards.
I tried the wine satin bodice over the under-dress, but it looks like the under-dress bodice fabric may be a bit thicker than my usual under-dresses, so the over-bodice isn't quite wide enough at the side seams. I don't have enough of the wine satin fabric to start all over and cut out new bodices, so I'll just have to add inserts under the arms along the side seams.
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