Lady in a Forest Dress - Part Three

This is a continuation of 2 previous posts about the making of the Lady in a Forest Dress.

The moss that I made in the previous post was too dark for the lighter side of the dress, so I made some with lighter components.  It was made with the same layering technique, topped with Solvy, stitched in a fairly tight grid, then soaked and dried.

The bodice was then worked on.  I made a base layer of brown fabric with stabilizer on the back and turned the edges after doing a bit of stitching.

then, I made some patterns of bark pieces and cut out some of the bark fabric.

I pinned those pieces into place and inserted some pieces of the moss.

Then, I lightly glued the bark in place with just a dab of glue in the center, then stitched them in place with beads in brown and dark green, using beading thread.  I was pretty happy with the way the bodice turned out.

I think its turning out to look like a lady from the forest so far!