Time for a new dress

Been a while, gotta shake off the dust around here. 

I've decided I havent made an Italian dress in a while, my last complete one was back when I returned to the SCA about 9 years ago! I had attempted one since, but it suffered from being badly rushed, and someday I may return and see if I can salvage it. 

This new dress is experimental in that it will be my first try using the bodice block that Baroness Janet Kempe helped me make back in the spring of this year. If it works, great, it will be a supportive layer to wear either alone or in the future under a fancier layer. If it doesn't, I'll not be as upset about it as I would some of my other fabric. 

I'm using fabric I've had laying around a fair while, I think it's a silk blend, but will burn test it at some point. It has a tiny herringbone or zigzag pattern in a dark olive and brown, which ends up looking like regular olive. I cut 3 panels 44 inches long, as wide as the fabric is, to make the skirt.

Then sewed them together after ironing, leaving 10 inches at the top to turn into slits to reach pockets underneath.

Next up is the bodice, which is taking me a while. I've gotten into a space where I'm overthinking and questioning what goes in order, and wanting to avoid a past mistake of putting too much fabric where I put the eyelets, thereby making the eyelets too difficult to sew. But I shall overcome, in time.