I'm doing a series of Avengers-inspired dresses for the upcoming comic cons for 2017, which my daughter and I will be traveling up and down the East Coast for; My goal being to create garments that are inspired by the heroes, but not too costume-like. I wanted a late 40's style dress with some embellishments drawn from Captain America's Stealth outfit(my favorite).

Step 1: The Pattern Pieces

These are created from a Master pattern that I have which I use as a base to create a variety of dresses.

It consists of a bodice front with a design for vertical ruching, a bodice back and sleeves, plus a skirt front and two skirt back pieces.

The fabric is a linen/rayon blend.

Step 2: Putting Together the Bodice Front

1. First I sew long stitches along the seam line of the inside front tails, and shoulder lines.

2. I then pull the stitches to create gathers.

3. I slice a line from the top of the slit continuing up through the edge of the shoulder line, I now have three pieces. The reason for this is so that I can embed grey piping as a detail. I create the piping using bias tape and small cording. I created details as the stripes and star using grey felt, and settled on their placement.

4. Felt details sewn on and bodice sides reconnected.