A mother’s new dress and my gorgeous model!!!

Hello everyone, it’s been a while since my last post, I have been busy being a mother and grandmother!!! My daughter had a healthy beautiful baby boy on March 14th 2015. He weighed 8lbs 6 oz. I  stayed with her from February 25 to April 7.
Brody Andrew was born 1 week later than his due date at the Canmore hospital in Alberta Canada and ended up being born via C-section. His mom had a bit of a hard time with being in labour and not dilating. She ended up trying to have an epidural for over an hour where they stuck a needle in her back at least 20 times while she begged them to stop, where she was told not to move, and this was the best way for her…???  Should of took a picture of the needle marks and bruising on her back. I am sure there was no need of trying THAT many times…  After and hour of figuring out it wasn’t working they put her to sleep and took the baby out. I think that borders on torture and they should have never tried that long. I am sure after a few tries they could have figured out that it wasn’t working for her. She was told that because of her short stature and the curve of her spine with her big belly she could not get her back rounded the way she was supposed to be….
But after all that everything was great, he is so adorable you just want to stare at him all day. His dad and I, not dry eyed, got to see him first. It was a special moment to see a new part of your bloodline brought to life and he looked so perfect. Such a blessing and miracle of life!!!

So after all that, I was supposed to go home earlier but we decided that it was best that I stay a while longer to help mama as she wasn’t allowed any heavy lifting or driving for 4 to 6 weeks and daddy was still in school as he is just finishing a course as an electrician which he passed with flying colors!!! Thankfully I was able to change my plane ticket back to NS for a small fee and the difference of the plane ticket when I bought it, to the new date that I would be leaving. It was really sad to leave this but yet it was nice having my own life back. This is the longest I have ever been away from home! I have always been a person who likes to be home but I think I am getting better at it… I missed my husband, my cats, my bed and my friends!!

So during my visit I was going to make myself a dress……but my daughter liked the colors too much and it got turned into her dress lol

Here are the pictures I took two weeks after the baby was born. She is an absolute gorgeous mother and model!!!

   


 

“How’d I get so lucky, lucky lucky me” I kept singing this song as I was editing my pics…now I don’t believe in luck because I know where all things come from and I know I am truly blessed with a nice home, husband that thinks I am great, two beautiful children and two beautiful grandchildren.

James 1:17

Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.

INSTRUCTIONS ON MAKING THIS MAXI DRESS

You need-

4 large t-shirts

a sewing machine

thread to match

scissors

Cut the first fabric of choice under bust leaving enough for seam. Leave sleeve or cut them out. Fit at shoulders and underarm and sew. Cut next  three fabrics just under armholes. sew each piece together going from lightest to darkest color or visa versa.  Enjoy your dress!!!

Looks like I am going to have to buy myself 4 more t-shirts! lol                                                                                                                      

Have a beautiful evening, morning, day, night where ever you are in this world!!!

Mother and daughter dresses I sewed up in a couple of afternoons

Heart of my heart, I have always seen pictures of mother and daughter dresses and I think they are soooooo cute!!! I’ve always longed to make some but my daughter is all grown up now and the mother and daughter dresses I’ve seen was for toddlers and for whatever reason I never clued in that I could still make matching dresses even though my daughter is grown. She is home for a couple of weeks and of course she wanted mom to make her a dress or two and we were looking at fabric and I was showing her my dress that I had just finished making and she liked it and so I thought it would be great to make her a dress slightly different than mine but with the same fabric and it happened that I had just enough to make her one. I think they are so sweet and they turned out great!!
This is the fabric we started with. It is a greyish beige with white, black and aqua flowers.

Here is Cara’s dress

My husband Leon was saying how he never realized how much Cara looked like me. In this picture, from behind, If I hadn’t been the one who took the pictures I would have a hard time telling if this was me or Cara.

Here is some fancy close up shots of Miss Carabelle, just because….



Being her age, we thought it would be appropriate to have a peek-a-boo lace insert. We worried that it wasn’t proper that maybe it would show too much belly but we figured that if it was too much she could always wear a belt. But I believe it looks elegant and decent and does not show too much. Cara loves this dress and it makes her look taller and slimmer!!! A great dress for her!!

This dress was made without a pattern. I just used one of her old dresses as a guideline to make this dress. This dress is semi-fitted which gives the dress great movement and it not restrictive at all. Comfortable to wear and the fabric has a bit of a stretch to it too and so does the lace insert.

Cara did not want her dress to be fitted so we left it a bit loose.

Here is Minou, she has to get into all my pictures if I’m at home photographing. She acts like she hates the camera but she’s always in the pictures. lol

Close up detail of lace insert. The top is like a little crop top, the edges are finished on the top and the bottom of the skirt and then I sewed the lace on top by pinning it to the top and bottom and sewing along the scalloped edges with black thread.

The neckline and armholes were serged with a serger and turned in and topstitched. If you do not have a serger you can use a zig-zag stitch on your sewing machine.

Here is Minou again, giving Cara kisses.
This is my dress

Mine is shorter with the black lace on the bottom.
My Pics with Minou




More pics with Minou

my dress is fitted with an empire waist and darts. I used simplicity pattern 9481 for this dress and adapted it to my liking.

Can be worn with or without a belt


I changed the back of the pattern with a deep v back neckline.
I did not put a zipper in this as the fabric is stretchy enough to pull over your head and the neckline has a big enough opening but if I made it again I think I would add a zipper just to make it easier to get in and out of  as my waist is small compared to the rest of me and that area has a hard time getting over my large shoulders or hips!
Looks good with a belt also
Feather earrings from the dollar store!! Cha ching!! haha I love them and they are a perfect match for my dress!!!



If you look at my shadow you will see that I’m really a little monster!!! lol


Cara and I together










Just being goofy



Look at those perfect teeth!!! lol
That’s it folks, the end, finished…..until the next dress that is. Sorry about the tons of pictures but I'm not good at choosing only a few but i'm working on it!!!
Coming up next is a revamp dress with my fat swollen frozen mangled lip. hahaha