The power of love...

I've often said I hate to sew. It makes me tense and crabby and it never turns out the way I want to. I'm terrible at it. I failed Home Ec. because I couldn't make a pair of elastic waist shorts. (Sad) But I was drooling at the beautiful things on Etsy when I came across an incredible dress. What made it incredible wasn't it's construction, it's a fairly simple shirred dress with halter straps, but the choice of fabrics. It made me want to make (not buy) one for Chloe. Now all I have is a $10, straight stitch machine that Alicia (Hi Alicia!) bought me for my birthday 2 years ago. (Still in box.) Also I have no idea how to shir but I decided to Google it and voila! a tutorial. One that I semi understood no less. This is my practice run for the real thing. I'm still not ready, not too bad mind you, but defo not ready. Gonna try this out in different lengths add a band like the original, see if I can actually sew straight etc. and hopefully soon I can make that dress...but no shorts, yeah, no shorts.