New Frocks & Locks

We've got an upcoming trip to Disney World and since this trip will mark our girl's first trip to see Mickey & Minnie and all thier friends, she had to have something new to wear! I'd been searching Etsy for something cute and came across a pillowcase minnie mouse dress that I loved... I emailed the seller last week about it and asked if there was any way she could have it to me by the middle of next week... she was so nice and replied right away that she was swamped with orders and couldn't make a dress for us. I was ill thinking about how cute the dress was... then I did it... I thought, "well, if she can make it, I could make it!" I mean come on, I did get a blue rosette for best of show at the SRF one year for my sewing project... (the Little House on the Prairie dress, that still has me asking, "WHY?!?!?!?").


So while doing some birthday party shopping on Tuesday, I'd decided to stop in the fabric store and pick up some minnie mouse red and white polka dots! Just a few dollars later, I'd gotten all the stuff and assumed I could whip out the dress that afternoon. ASSUMED.




It didn't take me long to remember that back when I was pushing the pedal and momma was handling the fabric, I didn't have a toddler crawling around at my feet. The project was put on hold until later that night after bedtime. A couple hours later, I gave up on ripping out a seam that I'd just sewn, threw my hands up and then crawled into bed. Wednesday was a new day. I finished ripping the seam and started that part over... I worked on it again, a little during naptime and then that night. Today all that was left was putting Minnie's finishing touches on (her hairbow and the zig zag stitch around her)....


Here's the finished product:



I'm still kind of shocked at how cute it turned out. (From a distance, anyway... I wouldn't let you turn the hem over and check my seams or anything crazy like that... I mean come on, it's not a fair entry or something! Cause if it was, I'd have mom over here running the fabric through while I pushed the peddle... ha...)




Annabelle had to try on her new frocks...





And I'm not sure if you noticed or not, but it was a pretty big day at our house (besides the fact that momma made a dress that was wearable)...we had our first set of piggy tails! AB's hair is finally long enough on top to pull up for some piggies...
I just sat and smiled at her with her hair pulled up like a big girl. I had to take it down though, because she looked TOO grown!

~amw~