I must admit that the reason I decided to re-do this dress was because I had it and thought, hmmmm good practice and a BIG challenge. You see Roman's favorite color is orange. When I was pregnant with Scarlett I saw this dress (already had it in blue) and my pregnant brain said, "You should buy that non-maternity orange dress and Roman will be so excited when you wear it." And he was. But then my non-pregnant brain mostly came back and said, "Why do you have an orange dress?"
After months of keeping the dress on the "recycle fabric" pile I realized that it would look better if I paired it with the turquoise braid that I salvaged from another dress...this is how my brain works. So I trimmed up the braid (both dress and braid are jersey) and started hand stitching it on. I wanted to try a high-low hemline which was not as easy as I thought. Anyway, I completely lost my motivation for the dress. It sat on my dress form the entire 9 months of Houston's pregnancy and I didn't touch it until this challenge. So all I can say is that I'm proud of myself for 1. finishing it and 2. saving an orange dress....that being said it's still not my favorite.
Before:
Not a huge change but I'm learning.
There it is. Next post: I have a swimsuit makeover. I also have ideas for No.12 but need to run to the fabric store. It's another re-fashion and then I'll start on a dress from a pattern! I'm really excited.
Someone asked me if I hoped to make all 100 dresses in a year and I laughed, at this rate it will be in 5 years which is just fine with me. Having the goal, learning and challenging myself is what it's all about!
PS - Know anyone whose school colors are orange and turquoise or blue?! Seriously, this would be an awesome game-day dress! ;-)
I love it! I really need to read that book...I read her blog. All your dresses look awesome.
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