I’ve been meaning to make this dress for about two years now, so when we were invited to a wedding, it seemed the right time to get it done. I cut and sewed for most of one day. My sewing has improved a lot in the last few years, and the technique looked good.
Before starting the buttonholes, I tried on the dress. It looks terrible on me. I look like the side of a geranium-covered barn. The bodice needs to be at least six inches longer, to keep me from looking pregnant. It looked great on the pattern envelope, but not on me.
What do I do now? It’s too late for the wedding, but I need a dress for another event. I bought a pattern for a princess line dress. Princess lines look good on everyone, Joy of Joy’s Fabrics tells me. But what to do with the buttonless dress? It might look better if I were about 20 pounds smaller. I could give it away, but don’t want to go to the trouble of putting on buttons. Any suggestions?
Today, Ella was inspired to put on this old queen bee costume I made a long time ago for Eva. It has sheer metallic wings that tie at the wrist. What do you know, I thought, here is something I made that my daughters have enjoyed for years. So the failed dress didn’t seem as important anymore.