A leap of Faith

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!