So my darling friend Laura (otherwise known as Yolanda) challenged me to enter the Shabby Apple dress design contest. It was just one of those things I just KNEW I had to do, not because I had a great idea, not because I am a dress designer, not because I don't know how to sew particularly well, not because I even felt like making a dress... it was like the surf lesson, and the reality show audition: it was just something I had to prove to myself.
So I slaved away, and spent about $145 dollars to make two dresses. The first one looked like this:
...so I took a different tack.
I made all that scalloped trim, you know.
I like pretty details.
The main fabric is an apple green eyelet with a buttercup yellow lining.
The hem of the underskirt has stars!
Fiona supervised the entire process.
After reading over the contest instructions numerous times, I neglected to note the actual due date. I thought it was tomorrow... it was a week ago. So who knows why I felt so inspired to do this. But I am glad I did. And in honor of the one who threw down the creative gauntlet, it is affectionately called "the Laura."
