Step 1 technically complete

 I finally went back to the bodice pieces on my fancy housecoat, and technically have completed step 1 of this pattern now.

I completed all the seams (felled everything down) and finally got the shoulders together. Which puts this piece at my favorite place: technically wearable! I continue to absolutely love this fabric, the pattern is so great every time I look at it.

I've also continued working on the trim for the capelet piece:

There's something so delightful about a pile of trim. The pattern originally requested a zipper as the trim here and cleverly used the zipper tape to enclose the raw edges of the capelet. I'm mimicking that tape with a few rows of half-double crochet. We'll see how it works!