A Marie Antoinette Dress

Today I got the bright idea to make my own dress for my party......

back of dress

I'm truly truly excited with how it is coming along (Keep in mind it is not anywhere near finished yet, I was just excited and wanted to share the progress)

Considering:

1) I just learned to sew very recently. 

2) My previous projects include a couple sets of curtains, pillow covers and a duvet (about 6 different things so far). This was my very first attempt at any type of clothing.

3) I did not have a pattern and I did not use my measuring tape. I eyeballed all of it.

4) I'm still sick and I had kids running wild under foot all day. 

5) It's a size 18 dress (my size) on a size 6 dress form....so the sleeves look more like a cape in the picture. But when I tried it on they look like sleeves. 

6) It's cheap (really cheap, $2 a yard) fabric and it wants to shred on me while sewing.

7) I did all of it in just a few hours.

 Sorry I know the full size pics are blurry....I'm going cross eyed from looking at the sewing machine for hours.

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