Well as the title of this post suggests, I took a leap of faith. I decided that because I didn't want to pay in the neigborhood of 200$ for the dress I wanted for my beautiful little girls blessing day, I would make her dress instead. I learned so many interesting things along the way about Heirloom gowns and I am so glad I decided to make it.
I started by heading to my local JoAnns to check out patterns. I found one that was simple and that I liked but I didn't know that finding fabric to match the simplicity I was after was going to be TORTURE. I looked for weeks and weeks and finally managed to find a place that had what I was looking for. I ordered my fabric and when it got here I rolled up my sleeves and went to work.
I decided to make a practice dress first as I have never sewn clothing before and I tend to rush through things when I don't know what I'm doing. My practice dress turned out okay and helped me to work out kinks. Then I went to work on the real deal. That was stressful. Nervewracking. Mind-twisiting to say the least. Any way I finally finished it and I think it turned out pretty good for a second-time dress seamstress!
I thought I would catch up on my blogging today. We had a wonderful little birthday party for stinker #1 a few weeks ago. I can't believe he is already 2 years old! Anyway, I made a cake for him and we had a party with his cousins and grandparents in the backyard. We had just finished his new sandbox the night before and I think everyone had a great time playing in it!
