@Ouryve that made me laugh. 
I had a friend at college who had ‘restaurant clothes' for eating out.
@RachelB wonderful, we have pictures. 
First thing, like @Ouryve said, your darts are wrong. Darts should point to the fullest part of the bust. They should never be sewn to that point……..unless you’re aiming for a Madonna look. 
It’s worth mentioning that all the examples on the Style Arc site are also in the wrong place! The darts are too high. They can be moved down or you can literally sew them so they are further away from the bust.
I always like to get a bodice fitting properly before adding sleeves. This was how I was taught and my tutor was very hot on that. Adding the sleeves will change things slightly but if the bodice isn’t right to start with you’re already on to a loser.
If the dart is folded I would undo it, press the fabric flat and then begin again. You need to know where your bust point is, the fullest part. There are several ways to find this. You may have it marked on the pattern. But that does not mean that is where it should be for you. Have a look at this. It shows how to find your bust point and check it against the pattern.
Don’t worry about the sleeve for the moment. One alteration at a time.
Thank you so much. Unfortunately the dart is sewn like a seam, so it is cut. However, I am going to cut out the bodices again, so I will redo it. I am not seeing the link where you mention finding the fullest part of the bust. I am just getting so frustrated again. A couple of years ago, I tried making a knock off of the
Falconetti dress and went down into a fitting rabbit hole. At that time the Queenie dress pattern did not exist, so I was using a McCalls pattern that had a similar bodice. I finally burned out and quit. When the Queenie dress came out, I had hoped that this would go a little easier since the Queenie dress pattern is a literal knock off of the Falconetti, but I am having the same issues.
I feel better, though, seeing that I am not the only one since the models are having the same fitting issues. Also, the model for the actual Falconetti has fit issues. In the link to the Falconetti dress above, I think the bust darts are too high. Also, there are commas shaped drag lines on the back bodice. I keep telling myself that maybe I have become too much of a perfectionist, but now that I have seen the fit issues, I can't unsee them.
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