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Making a Flower Girl Dress

Karen · 7 Comments

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In case you are wondering where I have been, and why I haven’t been showing you all sorts of fabulous sewing projects, it is because I have been working on this dress:

The dress that is kicking my butt

My niece, Stefanie, is getting married in June. She asked me to make a dress for her flower girl, and I, apparently in stupor that day, said I would. If you read my blog much, you may have noticed that I don’t make clothing much.  There is a reason why. I don’t like to. but, since Stefanie is so sweet, and my sister’s only child, I figured I could make her flower girl dress and never have to ever make one again.  If you sew at all, you may also notice that she picked the MOST. DIFFICULT. VERSION. At least for  me, it is.And it doesn’t help that I am 300 miles away from Stefanie–if I have questions or need to discuss something, it is through Facebook or phone tag.

Stefanie and Adam

The fabric for the dress is slick as the proverbial “Owl um, Snot” and is lined with an equally slippery fabric. I picked it up from Stef and my sister in November and it has been sitting there on the sewing table, preventing me from doing anything else, since then. I finally put my big girl panties on on Saturday and cut it.

size 7 flower girl dress

Today I sat down to sew. I got the bodice done, but not before I had to pick out the stitching twice on one side to get the shoulder strap positioned right. Tomorrow I start the skirt, and try to install a zipper without it looking like dog doo.

The bodice conquered

Stay tuned–if this thing doesn’t drive me to drink, I should have it completed by the end of the week.

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  1. Sandra Merrikin says

    January 17, 2011 at 5:03 pm

    OMG, poor you! Did you try sewing paper between so it won’t slide so much?

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  2. Fab Grandma says

    January 17, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    Sandra, no, I’m just pinning the daylights out of it. It wasn’t really all that bad, but I did remember just why I hate sewing clothing today–it is so unforgiving.

    Reply
  3. geogypsy says

    January 17, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    Looks good so far. Pretty fabric even if slippery. This coming from someone who doesn’t like to sew.

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  4. Linda Sewell says

    January 17, 2011 at 6:12 pm

    My Seester…so far, it looks wonderful. As I told you today, I didn’t get involved in the pattern or picking of the fabric…it was just my job to show up with my “wedding” credit card…which I did. I know that Stefanie will appreciate all of your hard work, sweat & tears for her very special day and Adayla will be almost as beautiful as Stefanie 🙂
    Thank you My Seester <3

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  5. Beverlky says

    January 17, 2011 at 7:07 pm

    I agreed to embellish an mothers plain wedding gown so the daughter could wear it. I will never commit to a project like that again. I think your wise to pin and pin. Bev

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  6. Virginia from That Bald Chick says

    January 18, 2011 at 6:05 pm

    The fabric is very pretty, can’t wait to see the finished product!

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  7. DP says

    January 18, 2011 at 7:26 pm

    YAY, I’m your first follower. Found you on Mom’s Blogger’s Club. Hope you will check out my blog and follow back.

    I think it’s great that you’re on Blog Her. I’ve looked at signing up but they don’t allow Sponsored Posts, so I couldn’t qualify. They are my main source of income from my blog. Have you found that your traffic has greatly increased since joining? Please let me know. I’d love to know from a fellow blogger!

    -DP
    Hip Chick’s Guide to PMS, Pregnancy, and Babies

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