Dressgate 2012

In April my dear sister got engaged, and planned the wedding for August.  She asked me to be her Maid of Honor, and so the search for a dress commenced.  My other sister and I had to find dresses to match, in purple, that were down to my knees and not sleeveless.

Dress #1: Chinese let-down.  We found some really cute dresses in an obscure website, ordered them and waaaaiiiiited for them to arrive.  Too bad they sewed the top 3 inches too small and I couldn't even get close to zipping it up.


Dress #2: My find.  I found this dress, thought it was awesome, shouted hallelujah, sent a pic to my sister, bought it and went home.  Sister tried it on, did not like.  Bummer.

Dress #3: Sister's find.  She sent me a cell phone picture of a dress she found and I thought it was going to work but when it arrived it looked like this (with a few things I am wearing underneath):

For me, it was too short!  After much weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, I decided to keep this dress and work with it.  I first went to several fabric stores to find some fabric to extend the skirt, but it was a very unique color of purple.  I even bough several different colors to just try and work it out.  But none looked right.

In the end, my mom ended up buying me the exact same dress... and I used that to extend the skirt and sleeves.  It took all my sewing skills but it turned out pretty good!  Wedding saved!