It really all started almost a year ago when Alisha told me she'd like a new dress for her birthday. I was excited to know what it was she'd like, so of course I said, "Let's do it!"
She came up with an idea of what she'd like it to look like and in a few weeks we went and got the fabric for it. We walked in the store and within just a few minutes we had exactly what she had wanted. It was all so easy!
That bag of fabric sat on my sewing table for quite a while - way past her birthday in August. Finally somewhere around Oct. we drew up a pattern and cut out the fabric. We even made great progress and fitted the bodice to her. I was so pleased. We were on a roll.
However, the fitted bodice and cut out skirt sat on my sewing table for another while. I had great hopes of finishing it for her for Christmas, but..... we were going to spend Christmas in Las Vegas and there was so much to get done. We just didn't have a spare minute :-(
After Christmas, I thought how nice it would be if she had a new dress for Valentines Day but tears again because between one thing and another or rather one excuse or another the dress remained on the sewing table. Mind you, Alisha was very patient and never expressed regret that it wasn't done. She is just too good sometimes.
Finally, mid March we got the dress parts back out and refitted the bodice, remeasured the skirt and put all the pieces together and Alisha got a new Easter dress. She loves it and it looks really good on her.
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