[Battle] Tauriel Cosplay - The Dress

Here arrives the promised post:

The dress for my battle Tauriel costume!

But first, some progress pics from the making of it.

The bodice, which really shows the importance of fitting pattern-made clothes before you sew them together. I lengthened the pattern piece so it would fall a bit below my waist, instead of right at it:

The collar, which I altered quite a bit from the original pattern piece:

Bodice + collar sewn together:

The skirt, which took an extremely long time (see how I didn't say "forever"? ;)) due to the huge hem and getting the correct length. And yes, it is split down the front and back.

The sleeves, which took a bit of time to fit as well. As you can [barely] see, they're split at the wrist:

And finally -- the finished product! It was so worth all the work, and I totally reccomend this pattern (McCall's 6818). Fairly simple to follow, and with a lovely outcome (okay with altering ;D).

(you can't tell very well, but the skirt really is split down the front and back, I promise;)

And one picture of me wearing it. :)

(excuse the no makeup ;))

P.S. 76 days in the countdown to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies!