This bodice is all about shaping. Almost as soon as I started I realised I had to start decreasing to head towards the waist. To do this I measured what length I had from the hips to the waist, measured how many inches I needed to lose (sounds familiar!), then calculated how many whenu I would decrease each row to reach this. I will be including two whenu in each whatu stitch (and treating them as one), sort of like decreasing in a row of knitting. I have discovered that the organza whenu are acting like markers so I don't have to do a lot of counting (as you would in knitting), just decrease say one or two in each panel.
My mannequin is amazing to work with. Every row I take the bodice off the frame and put it on her to see how it's looking and whether it fits or not. I want the bodice to overlap in the front so I can do some kind of front fastening. So far so good!
