Signed, Sealed, Delivered!

Like I promised, the dress is finished!  It is the biggest project I have ever done, and I really, really like it.

Before

After

To recap this adventure:

The stained and lacy bib collar and princess poofy sleeves that 

are cute, but not my style, were removed.

See? Not a bad dress, but I had to do something fun with all

of that potential!

So Mommy let me pick a dye.

They didn't have the green I wanted, so I picked a pretty blue.

Salting the water!

Prepared dye concentrate!

At first, I thought it would dye the dress purple.

I was ok with that possibility. :-)

This was lots of fun!

In goes the detached bib collar.

Add the dress!

And the pieces are dyed, washed, and ready to sew!

Mommy pinned it to fit me better.

Then she pinned sections of the bib collar according

to my request for lacy cap sleeves.

All ready for the machine!

It's coming together!

I took in the sides.  Mommy did the sleeves.

Just follow the basting stitches, Mommy said!

Then we chopped the excess.

(Don't mind the washed out look.  It's the lighting.)

I'm so happy with how it turned out!  I'm ready for the next big project!

What I'm working on learning now:

Crocheting!

Once Mommy and I put together the time to really do this, it happened pretty quickly.  I'm so glad we did it, even though it took us so long to find the time to finally do it.  I have more "project clothes" set aside for later refashions, including a few no-sew projects that will be posted in the coming days.

I learned that dye, Mommy's help, and a little imagination can give clothes a whole new look, purpose, and life.  As soon as the weather warms up, this dress is going to get worn A LOT!