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I did not know how to sew sleeves so for a year Lorien wore a Cinderella dress with weird-fan-like protrusions at the shoulder. The next year for Halloween I added sleeves and puffy side thing-a-migs--very Cinderella.
Lorien wore that Cinderella dress almost every day for about a year. The wearings be came a little less frequent as time passed but this home made Cinderella dress was a favorite long after the front of the tulle ripped out and even after I bought the actual Disney dress on sale.
Lorien started to out grow the Disney princesses but luckily for me (and all the princess crud our family has obtained over the years) Clare has just started to fall in love with the Disney princesses. A few days ago I made a little trip out to our back shed where I keep several boxes of toys. I hauled out our two Cinderella dresses. To my distinct surprise and joy Clare picked my home made dress to wear. The velcro closures gave out ages ago and the front panel of blue tulle is still ripped off--none the less--those sparkles scream out over the imperfections making it the dress de jour.
During lunch today, dressed in her Cinderella finery, Clare caught the sunlight bouncing off all of her sparkles. She also noticed that if she stood on her chair and turned in a careful circle--those sparkles moved around the room. For a little while, if you tilted your head just right and squinted your eyes, our breakfast nook was transformed into Studio 54 complete with spinning disco ball and moving lights.
4 comments:
i too have had very good intentions of sewing things for my blake when she was but a tiny thing. always ending up too big and sometimes hideous, they seemed to have found their way into our dress up bin, where now my reese loves wearing the old home-made scraps!
I am SOOOO wishing we lived closer. You could teach me a thing or two!
I was always so impressed with your sewing! I'm trying to follow in your footsteps and get better at pulling out the machine and getting projects done. Maybe it'll be easier making things for a girl...Sure wish you could've come out to NY, we actually saw a show at Studio 54 (now a Broadway Theatre)!
What it is with four year old girls and Disney princesses? It's like a conspiracy! I haven't even tried to tackle the sewing; mostly I just staple things together at the shoulders. As long as it's pink and sparkly, it does the trick!
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