Tic Toc...I Love You All The Time

At long last!

This has got to be the oldest 

U.F.O. I have ever completed!

 India picked out this fabric all the 

way back in 2000!

I made a mistake in my last post and 

said I had bought it in 1999.

She was in second grade and just beginning to learn

how to tell time on a clock.

I cut out this dress and 

got it about half finished 

and then we packed up to move to 

New Hope, Pennsylvania. 

Somehow, I never unpacked

this to finish sewing this dress!

Ahnalin found this unfinished

dress in a box in our garage here in 

in Santa Rosa!!!

That means that this box had travelled

through several moves before 

being opened! 

OH MY!

For some reason,

I made the bodice with

facings instead of lining it.

Weird, 

especially since there was more

fabric packed with the pieces.

So, I cut out a lining 

and added interfacing.

And then the bodice looked a little

too  boring, 

so I pleated some gingham ribbon

and added a scrap 

of rick rack.

After all, 

I still adore rick rack!

Ugh!

How did I miss that thread?

I didn't have any buttons

in my stash that I loved 

with this fabric.

And there was no way I was going

to the fabric store to finish a

U.F.O that was 11 years old!

So, I dug through my button jar

and started layering buttons.

I liked this combo.

I had already sewn the hem band 

and pockets onto the skirt,

but I added more rick rack,

because, well, it's me!

Although I prefer button closures,

I had already put in the zipper,

so, out of a desire to just

"get'er done!",

I left the zipper in.

Ahnalin loves it!

She wanted to do "Pretty poses"

for this dress, 

so this is one of those.

Twirling!

And then,

of course,

the "Classic Ahnalin Pose"!

I am so glad I finally finished this little dress,

before Ahnalin grew out of it too!

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In other news,

I am doing well on the "Anti-Inflammatory Diet"

and am seeing results in my hand.

After a visit to the doctor,

and blood work,

we found out that there is some kind of 

auto-immune condition going on,

but we don't know what it is.

So, I am headed to a specialist to figure that out.

And, 

I will be starting the girls Halloween 

costumes this week.

Does this give you an idea of who

both of my daughters want to be for Halloween?

Happy Sewing!