I finally made a dress for little Emma. It seems like Riya gets most of the sewing projects - with the exception of skirts - and I'm not exactly sure why.
Anyway - this dress was one of the easiest things to make. Guess what? It was a skirt in a size too small for me. The neckline of her dress was the waist of the skirt. I just sewed a casing and put in elastic to scrunch it up to fit.
I put one of her current dresses on top of the skirt to measure where the armholes should go and just cut from the sides to that spot. Then I cut down where I thought the sides of the dress should go. Sewed the sides together, made a casing and put in elastic, hemmed the sleeves and I was done! How easy and cute! The ribbon tied around her waist came with the skirt - it was a "belt" for it.
I LOVE this dress!
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Bonus for today - our new building was dedicated today. It was such a special treat to be able to be there! The Spirit was very strong throughout the whole meeting. Jayden and Riya got to sing with the Primary and they were pretty excited. Those sweet little voices make it nearly impossible to not tear up. I'm grateful we could attend!
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