Wedding Dress

I think I must be crazy, but I offered to create Sarah's wedding dress.

She searched through online catalogs and found her perfect, elegant wedding dress.

Then I took two days to search for a pattern. I found an almost perfect match, although I will have to do a little customizing along with making it fit her very tiny frame.

Then we searched for fabric. The first store had a limited selection. We talked about a fairly simple fabric that we could trim with lace etc. We planned a trip to another town the next day to look at a much bigger fabric store.

But alas, in the morning I did not feel well at all. I had to cancel our trip. But it turned out that it was good I canceled... Sarah had gotten her schedule mixed up and ended up having to work that day.

Then I thought of another fabric store right here in town. It's a discount fabric store, and you never know what you will find there, but I thought I would check it out. I drove out there, and was delighted to find that they had wonderful selection of beautiful bridal fabrics at really good prices.

So the next day I took Sarah out to see them. She was immediately attracted to one beautiful fabric. But we took our time (two hours) and looked at every possibility. She finally decided she really did want the one she had liked at the first.

I had to estimate a little on how much to get, because of the customizing I am going to do, and the fact that the fabric had a border. But I finally had them cut it and took it home. The lady at the fabric store had a daughter who just got married. She told me what the dress I am making is worth. It turns out, it will be worth about 6 or 7 times the cost of making it!

But I have been a little nervous. This morning I measured the cut fabric. They had told me that the fabric was 60 inches wide, and it was actually only 54 inches, however they did give me about 8 inches extra. I very carefully figured out exactly what I am going to do, and created a fabric layout. There is enough and a little to spare. I am feeling a lot more confident now.

I'll keep you posted on the progress!