I finally settled down with that pretty fabric and did some sewing today. I knew it was going to be a challenge so I waited for the right day. Columbus Day. We took the day off because my husband was home. Everyone worked on their own separate projects and it a nice, though frustrating (for me) day.

I gave up sewing the pocket right off the bat. The instructions were complicated! I read them over and over again in confusion.

Here I am with my brain on the verge of exploding.

It’s flawed and has unfinished seams because I was too lazy to do them, but it’s finished. And now that I’ve done it once I think I can do it again. I only had to rip out seams twice.

It fits. And it’s actually kind of cute. I chose this pattern because of the sleeves. You don’t have to sew them in, they kind of make themselves from the yoke of the dress. However, from what I had to do attaching the bodice to the yoke, I could have probably sewed on sleeves just as well.

I’m in love with the stripe part of the fabric. And if my back didn’t hurt and my head wasn’t pounding, I might just try to make another one out of the pretty blue stack on my shelf. I guess I’ll save it for another day.

Have you tackled any difficult projects lately?

I put in the other sleeve during nap time today. It worked. The first time.

But, before we look at the whole thing, take a look at what greeted me this morning.

Talk about a bad hair day. This look seems very familiar, doesn’t it?

Ok, I can’t find it. But I was going to link to the post I did when she was a baby and I drew devil horns on her picture. Do you remember that? (I not only lose things in my house, but now I lose things in my blog, typical.) Maybe I’ll run across it later and add it.

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Marsha found the link. Now you can compare her devil horns.

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I used a man’s dress shirt to make her dress. I rescued it from our last yard sale because I liked the fabric. I made the neck too big, but otherwise, I liked how it turned out. I might try it again sometime.

Susan asked how I made the doll headband in the last post. I followed this tutorial and sewed it to a small piece of elastic.