You’re reconstruction is going well so far. I am glad to know that this community is helping you challenge yourself and improve on your sewing skills!! That’s one of the reasons we exist, yay!! 😃
You are brave to work with such a slippery material but I am impressed with what you have done so far. I like what you did to the bottom of the blouse and how you added the ribbon around the neck. If you don’t like bows you can always shorten the ribbon and do a little cross cross (like x) finish with it.
Looking forward to the final addition! Have fun and thanks for sharing your process ~ 😉
I bought some same-coloured-but-not-velvet ribbon, to make some kind of tie to incorporate somewhere in the bodice... so will work on that some more once I've sewn the V.... I'm so grateful for your support here! :-DAww, thanks so much for this wonderful response, dear @crosheille ! Your idea about the wee cross is great: I may well do that!