Sadly, I had never made her a prairie girl dress up outfit. I meant to but I wanted to "do it right" and had put it off. But last week I got an email about her upcoming American Heritage Girl mother daughter tea party. There was going to be a fashion show and the girls could dress up in one of several themes. Of course, Lucy picked her favorite book character - the one and only Laura Ingalls!
But I only had 8 days to put together a costume. And I'm having a Hashimoto's flair up which not only leaves me with little energy, but also joint pain, mostly in my wrists and elbows. I could only sew about 10 minutes before it was too painful too continue. Ack! There was no way I could pull off the authentic costume of my dreams. So, in true basement style, I compromised. We ran to the fabric store and got this sorta -calico fabric. Not totally traditional but at least a floral. I used this very simple (and free!) peasant dress pattern I'd used before (for her Laura pajamas!) and completely improvised an apron. We borrowed the bonnet from a friend but I will be making/buying one for her in the future.
And while it may not be the costume of my dreams, it is the costume of hers. And I think she's adorable in it too :-)
Tea party is about to begin. Lucy and "Charlotte" are excited!
On the cat walk
My sad attempt at a selfie
A better shot with some help from a fellow mom
That’s truly a nice post. Thanks for sharing it here. I am also a mother of a beautiful daughter and she is growing up so fast. So I have started making the list of the all popular Phoenix pre-k academies for her and I would like to enroll her to the best pre-k.
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