I got my main fabric last week, and over the weekend I pulled it out and tested to see how it was going to look, opacity-wise. It’s going to be a little less see-through than I’d like if I want to not have so much of the red chiffon lining show through it, but it’ll work.
I got my embroidery guide printed and taped together, and here it is pinned onto the back to test the sizing:
I also got a mock-up made of the collar piece, as you can see.
Last night I put together four more full size versions of the embroidery guide, so I can lay them out side-by-side on the fabric and double check that everything looks right before I cut anything. Lord I am scared to cut this fabric!!