Elise wasn’t sure how she wanted to make her strapless gown modest for Prom, I suggested we do a lace overlay like Sierra’s Lace Overlay Prom Dress using some leftover lace from Sariah’s dress and it turned out that the navy lace went well with her coral/orange prom dress. I even had leftover pink silk night […]
I was originally going to use a lace shirt and do a lace overlay on this dress, but having found a yellow t-shirt exactly the same as one of the colors in the print on the dress I really didn’t see the need for the lace. I also think the lace would have looked too […]
Photo by Dana Larsen The key to adding sleeves to a dress and making them look like they were part of the original design is mainly in the choice of fabric. In this refashion I was fortunate to have the exact fabric to work with, as the dress was on clearance and Sariah bought […]
Finding the right dress for prom is hard and finding a modest dress even harder. Sierra found and ordered a modest prom dress online – however when it came she was not happy with the color – it was bubblegum pink, not the pale pink it appeared in the picture on the website. The dress […]
I had my sewing supplies out, Devyn’s in-progress strap/sleeves and dress all strew over my project room when my sister-in-law came to stay with her 4 kids for a night. I was working on the dress while they were here, when my 8 year old niece came in to see what I was doing. She […]
Having asked a date to Winterball, Devyn needed a dress and sent me the following text: Resale shops are great places to get formal gowns on a small budget. You just need time to find the right one, and with a little creativity make any alterations needed – which I offered to help with. Devyn took […]
We decided on a Princess theme for a day camp, in 2013, and thus Princess Day Camp was born. We brainstormed ideas for camp and the young women (ages 12-18) signed-up to plan and lead one activity at day camp for the activity day girls (ages 8-11). These two groups of girls were known as […]