Now that the Conference has passed, I can put up some notes on my dress. Here is the fabric:
I was hoping for stripes or a plaid. When seeing the fabric, I just had to give the bias strips a try. This was my inspiration dress.
Dan helped me with a new duct tape dummy. Then came the fun of draping. 
The bias strips were cut 3″ wide. (I did goof originally and cut them all the same direction.) At first the strips were laid straight. Then I tried to ease the strips in towards the center a bit. These then got tacked to the lining from the outside in. The center piece closes across to hook on the left side diagonally.
When thinking out the sleeve, I was tempted to pleat a solid piece. Then I realized I could use the bodice technique on the sleeve. The flat pieces were tacked to the lining first then the bias pieces, again from the outside in.
Here is some of the draping as I worked on that idea.
Although the sleeve idea came together after the bodice idea, the sleeves got done first. Here is one sleeve attached while I was working on the bodice bias strips. (sorry for it being blurry.)
Here the strips were getting attached to the lining with top stitching. The sleeve is pinned in place just at the top.
Here is the sleeve tacked in. This is before the shoulder seam was finished with the bias strips.
These are the last two pictures I took (sorry). The center front piecs is pinned on waiting to be stitched
I’ll try to remember to take some pictures of the finished dress and point out some of the details.
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 
Anna…I loved the detailing on your dress…yours and K Krewers, in the way you played with the designs on the bodice!
Colleen
Thank you, Colleen.
I wish I got a better look at K’s dress to see how she got her lines and design.
The bias was just to much fun to look at.
I loved how you wore it with the fichu. Great interpretation of the original dress!