My First Craft Show (coming in December)

My sister and I share a serger. That is, we split the cost and it migrates between our houses as we need it. Anyway, I got it back from her last night and my husband is taking our daughter to visit his parents tomorrow so I can have an epic sewing day.

See, as I mentioned in my last post, my daughter only wears dresses, and she especially wanted princess dresses. The problem is, they're expensive. Like $60 at the Disney store. And the costume ones aren't that well made. They're for playing dress up, and my daughter wants to take them to the playground.

So, I designed my own.I used a simple peasant dress pattern, modified to add a full circle skirt (for twirliness) and then just constructed variations on a theme. Now she has six: Snow White, Tinkerbell, Minnie Mouse, Jessie the cowgirl (from Toy Story,) Rapunzel, and a Halloween print one. I've also made some for her friend who is also a big Disney fan.

I've gotten lots of compliments. Several people have said, "you ought to sell these."

Finally, I decided to go for it. I've rented a table at a geek-friendly event in December. (Get info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/200288623453172/ ) I'm committing myself to sewing 12 dresses in assorted styles. Eight, so far, have been cut and await sewing, and hopefully I'll get a lot done tomorrow.

I'll keep you posted.

"Minnie Mouse" dress

Same dress, with cardigan, boots and leopard print hat, modeled by Clare