Wednesday, May 14

Sewing Project

I've been whining about my church clothes for some time. Shopping with two small children has not been a whole lot of fun, nor has it often been successful. When I have found something, I don't usually try it on in the store; I just buy it and bring it home to try it on, and then invariably return it, discouraged again. Recently, however, I netted a gain of two dresses! One, though, had only spaghetti strap "sleeves". It would never do as such, but I immediately saw the potential in it if I found something to go over it. So the shopping continued, resulting in nothing. Finally, I decided to resort to an old necessity: sewing. This meant I STILL had to shop for a pattern and material. Finally, after visiting four different stores, I found some beautiful material as well as a rather chic pattern by Simplicity. (I haven't sewn anything for myself in years, and Simplicity has changed a LOT. So I had some surprises on the way, namely in sizing, and was very happily impressed with the pattern I used.) I have fabric left over, so plan to use it to make Daughter a corresponding dress. Here are shots of the finished product, which I am way too proud of. :)


By the way, I'm not sure which pleases me more with these photos: the amazing shots I got with my camera, or the outfit itself. Am I vain, or what?!

6 comments:

The Frequent Whistler from Misty Ridge said...

It's very cute, so it's OK to be vain...

Anonymous said...

Wow, you are *way* too good at this stuff!

Mother Nature said...

I was looking on the map for Blotanical bloggers in TN and found your blog. You are a great seamstress.

Anonymous said...

Nice post....

Jen from Windy Ridge said...

Oh how gorgeous!

monica said...

it's not vanity, it's pride! and you're right to be... gorgeous little thing, if only I had had girls...

sigh.