Lexie's Wedding Dress! Part 1 - Chelsea

So on Wednesday, I was scheduled to get off work early, we were needing someone to leave early for pay role, and Lexie and I had already accomplished our main task for the day and the store was so over staffed and under shopped that afternoon that we volunteered to leave early so we could go fabric shopping for Lexie's wedding dress! Aren't we just so nice like that? ;-)

We started by looking at patterns since we knew that the pattern we chose might dictate what kind of fabric we needed!  And boy were we right! (for non sew-ers, all the available patterns a brand has they advertise in a great big giant hardbound catalogue) After digging through the dress sections of half a dozen pattern books, we found the perfect pattern for Lexie's body type and design preferences and beach friendly.  Only one little hitch. It was jersey knit only!  Jersey Knit wedding dress?!  Why not!  We found a lace that had enough stretch to it that it should work, and we found a true knit fabric that exactly matched the lace fabric!  We also found some antique looking broach/pendanty things we're going to add to the shoulders.

Thursday afternoon I took out the pattern instructions and studied them forwards and backwards.  The instructions look pretty clear and simple and straight forward which I'm grateful for!

Friday I had the whole day off with nothing planned so I was going to get started in the morning and work all day getting the pieces cut out and hopefully get a good chunk of the sewing done! I was itching to get started!  But the best laid plans of mice and men and crafters got shortened on one end when I got a last minute desperate request from a friend to babysit Friday afternoon. It is so rare that I can say yes that I was happy to help her out! But that meant I could only work until about 3. Oh well.  Then on Friday morning I wake up to find out that my mom is having an important event on the far side of town and forgot a few things she really needs. So I delivered them and then visited a bit and got her lunch while I was there, but I didn't get home til 1.  And I needed to finish up a project for my store manager and it had a much shorter deadline.

So needless to say I haven't started cutting or sewing at all!  But I have Tuesday off and I hope to make some good progress then!  In the mean time here is a sneak peek at the pattern and the fabric we picked out!
Also if you want to see some of the inspiration photos we looked at before we went shopping you can find them on my pinterest page.