Okinawa-rama

So, perhaps you are wondering whatever happened with the dress? Well, since I had no need to write procrastination blogs after finishing it there were no updates. Sorry! But, amazingly, I did actually complete the sewing of the dress. Not only that, but the flaws were disguisable enough that I could even wear it in public! Well, fortunately for me I had a great help with Kanako-san, the obi tying instructor. She spent about an hour with me on Tuesday morning tying the obi and teaching me how tie it as well. She also brought along a bag of obi cords to accessorize the obi. I chose the one I liked the best and then she fashioned it into a flower shape, which she then sewed onto the bow. It looked great. That night, I took my portion of the dress, the skirt part, and hoisted it up over my chest. Then I took the obi and wrapped it around my boobs so tight that I could hardly breathe. I mean it was holding my skirt up after all - it needed to stick. Joe helped me tie the obi. (First you tie it in the front and then scoot the bow to the back.) And ta-da! A dress. An extremely uncomfortable and fragile dress. But a dress nonetheless.

Below are a couple of pictures of the dress-making process. We got a full length portrait of us at the ball which I'll put up later, but these are just of the back.

P.S. I wore about three different slips so there was no seeing through the thing!