A future seamstress?

Spring is passing quickly and summer is on the horizon. The temperatures are rising and my calendar is clearing. The bible study that I attend is over for the year. Andrew finishes pre-school this week and Scott only has 10 more days of school. I've been itching to sew some dresses for Amanda and decided to spend some of my extra time last week to attempt one for her. It is the first dress I've ever made for her and I thought I may be in over my head. But it really wasn't too bad.

Amanda was very excited. I pulled out several pieces of fabric and she selected what she wanted. Here she is measuring herself while I cut out the pattern.



She played with her counting bears while I sewed the dress.


And, found some scrap fabric to try on her baby while I tried the dress on her.




It was much easier to sew with these eager clients. Merry was excited to get a matching dress. As you can see, Ella Christine received the matching birthday dress that my Mom made, so it was Merry's turn to have a matching dress. Ella Christine was hanging out in hopes that I would measure wrong and make it too small. Merry is a bigger baby, so Ella Christine would get the "hand-me-down." And, she almost got it, but I pulled out a seam to make it fit over Merry's head and all was OK again.


Here is Merry modeling her new dress, with Amanda's draped over the chair. This was taken late on Wednesday night.



Amanda put on her dress first thing Thursday morning. She put it on over her jammies.





Amanda poses in her new dress with Andrew and his friend Bubba. Bubba is a friend from preschool that we are caring for this weekend. We will return him tomorrow, along with a journal entry about what he did this weekend.