the christmas dress

necessity is the mother of invention. and i am the mother of macy. therefore it was necessary for my girl to wear an invention of mine. and an invention it was because i decided to take it on the day before she needed to wear it. i've had this fabric on my shelf for a few months now, thinking it would someday be a comforter in her room, but changed my mind. and ever since i was introduced to the idea of damask on little girls, i have been in love. so she has two of the same dress in different colors- the more the merrier. this dress is a little different though- i thought instead of doing a traditional closure on the back, i thought i would make it a wrap around. so the back is overlapped and the ties go around twice just for fun. i then remembered she is three and won't always be modest, so i made an underskirt- which led to adding tulle to it to peek out under the dress. i made the dress with short sleeves because she doesn't like to wear long sleeves, but it's about 10 degrees outside and how can i justify taking my toddler out in a summer dress? (the comfort before fashion arguement will only go so far, right?) so then i thought of a little cardigan i made forever ago and added that to the ensemble. so you see it was definitely an invention that was born out of necessity. necessity for a christmas dress, necessity to finish it quickly, and necessity to "make it work" as tim gunn would say. and i think it did.