Sew Colette: The Licorice Dress

My goodness! I can hardly believe we are at the final project in the Sew Colette Sew-Along.  Time passes swiftly when you're having fun and I have been enjoying myself so much!  This month's project is the lovely Licorice Dress and the schedule is as follows:

May 7th: Muslin
May 14th: Fit & Fabric
May 21st: Be Our Guest!
May 24th: The Final Countdown
May 30th: Licorice Parade
May 31st: Sew-Along Wrap Party

Source: coletterie.com via Sarah on Pinterest

Clever folks will remember Sarai sneaking in what I think was an early version of this pretty dress during last year's Spring Palette Challenge and there are so many lovely versions in the Colette Patterns Flickr group, one can't help but be inspired!

We so enjoyed having Sarai, Meg, and Oona join in the fun last month, that we are definitely doing it again this month!  We have some lovely people in mind, but if there are ones you would love to hear from, please let us know!

This week kicks off the first step of the process: the muslin.  I don't plan on making a full muslin of the Licorice dress, due to its forgiving fit; however, I plan to make a muslin of the bodice and sleeves, just to see how the modifications I make work out. 

Do you plan on making a muslin?  Are you making alterations to the Licorice or sewing  it as-is?