The Big Project

A few months ago I found this dress on line that I absolutely loved and wanted to get for Morgan to wear for Halloween and to wear to Disney when we go in May. One problem, it was $345.00! Stephen would have killed me if I had spend that much money on a dress just to play in. So I took the idea and ran with it. I found a pattern for a Snow White dress and handed it over to my mom. With her wonderful talent for sewing she made me a dress. After searching the Internet for Snow White appliques, I finally found a lady online that had the Snow White patterns I was looking for. So $40.00 later we had the patterns of Snow White and all seven dwarfs! So this weekend I had the joy of finishing up the dress for Halloween next weekend. Mom let me bring her machine to my house so I could work on it at my leisure. Well 14 hour into it, I was done! All seven dwarfs were done plus and apple to boot. I have no feeling in my thumb and index finger and my back and neck are killing me, but the dress is almost done. Just a few finishing touches by mom and it will be done! It turned out just as I wanted it to. Mom did an amazing job. But one thing is for certain, I know why the lady was charging $345.00 for it. It is ALOT of work and detail. I hit a few bumps along the way but for the most part it went rather smooth. I am just so glad that I didn't run into any trouble with the machine. (Thank you Jesus! I owe you one for that!) After I finished my part on the dress I packed up mom's machine and brought it back to her house. Then I had the honor of cleaning my house that Morgan turned into a war zone over the past two days. It took me two house just to pick up the toys she destroyed in her room and in the living room. Not to mention trying to get hot pink Play Doe out of my carpet. Daddy is not going to be very happy about that one when he gets home. But hey, it was a small price to pay to get the dress done. Now I have a day off to spend doing whatever Morgan and me want. Chuckie Cheese, the park, the library, shopping???? Who knows what tomorrow will bring. Just glad there is no SEWING involved!

My work station I set up in my living room.

The dress before I began. I added Snow White on last week so mom could piece the dress together for me before I started the dwarfs.

Here is Happy, Sleepy, and Bashful.

Bashful, Sneezy, and Doc.

Grumpy and the poison apple.

Doppey

The is a picture of Morgan's room on Saturday afternoon. Didn't get a picture of how she finished it off today. Let's just says she emptied the entire toy box on the floor. Good times!

This is how my living room looked on Saturday afternoon. Now triple this and this is what it looked like today after I finished sewing on the dress. You couldn't even walk in the room ANYWHERE. It was just a small price to pay to keep my kid entertained so I could get the dress done. Proud to say that after only 4 hours tonight of house cleaning my house is back to normal. Yeah me!