Instead, my daughter thinks I'm nuts. Because, being the totally insane person that I am, I got all teary eyed. Seriously. I looked at her and said "I don't think I can do magical things to Sarah's dress" and she, being the kind and considerate and incredibly normal 15 year old looked at me and laughed. She laughed. Out loud.
The reason she laughed is because I made her dress for homecoming. It was a Vogue pattern. But she wanted it sort of almost like the pattern, but a little different, please mom, you can do it for me . . . And the end result was that the dress is about 12 inches (seriously) less full than the pattern called for, it wasn't supposed to be a halter and because she is a swimming fiend, I waited until the Sunday before to put it all together. She is solid muscle which is a strange combination for swimmers. She and her swimming buddies (and these are serious swimmers) have the most strangest of complaints. Their waists get bigger during the swim season . . . I have explained to her that it isn't that their waists get bigger but their waist to hip ratio changes, and, of course, they end up with the buff arms and shapely legs.
The end result, however, was this:
So, after pulling this off, I guess I can do the beading and fabric replacement and hemming for Sarah's dress. Does anyone want to come over for the day and we can hang out and get it done?
3 comments:
Sure, I'll be right over! Lindsey's dress is beautiful - you can do magical things! And look at the bright side - at least you don't have to knit a wedding gown!
Gosh that dress turned out so beautiful! I know what you mean about swimmers - my daughter always dreaded having to shop for party dresses - and especially her wedding dress - because of her shoulders!
I would have loved to come help out. There's some fun magic that goes on when people get together to knit/sew/stitch.
You have a way with words . . . it's nice to read your blog!
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