Sew What?

For the first time since high school, I finally decided to complete a real sewing project. (I have done some mending and what not, but I haven't really done much of anything with my sewing machine.... much to my mother's dismay!) Most of you know that my mom is an amazing seamstress, but I never put the time or energy into developing the talent to sew.

The big project was to make a new dress for Abby. The adventure began with Abby choosing the fabric. From that point on, my mom received MANY phone calls as I tried to understand the rather confusing directions on the pattern.

When I was about half way done with the dress, Abby asked me if she could wear the dress to Church when I was done. I told her that I needed to finish the dress first and then we'd talk about it! :) I wasn't about to commit to letting her leave the house with the dress on if the project ended in disaster!

While I know that it did NOT turn out perfectly (especially the zipper), I was pleasantly surprised at how well it looked when I was finished. I even let Abby wear it to Church.