I was totally into the dress by day 2 and managed to finish the blouse as well. Here is the final look.
The blouse turned out to be easier that I first thought. I was dreading the whole sleeve section.. so went sleeveless:-) With the lining and all, it wasn't that hard. Lining is great to use for ease of sewing and also a great way to hide some minor defects :-) And of course in this case, I just had use lining to as the main material is a thin and silky and I needed some extra protection for the backs of the embroidery work.
finished project picture..
On second thoughts.. i might add a little dupatta to go with this dress and made do a little bit of bead work on that as well.