SDHD and Promises I've kept

So... I've been sewing.  Remember that "sort of sleezy" yet elegant blouse I was talking about the other day?  Yeah, the pieces of it haven't been sewn together and it's on the stack of UFOs (UnFinishedObjects).  Because I've been inspired by something else!

You can call it SDHD...  (sewing deficit hyperactive disorder)

Imagine if you will...

THIS dress

  

combined with THIS dress.

Can't do it?  Well, it's a challenge that I've accepted so I'll envisionify eventually for you.  I took the skirt and lining from one of the $5 prom dresses and it's become the base of this dress.  AND then I purchased some lace with a 50% off coupon and a Christmas gift card.  

So far, this dress will cost me $35.  

After the wedding, I'll let you decide how much it would go for off the rack.

For every BIG event in my life, I've made my own dress, so I can't justify spending loads of money on one completed garment.  I just can't.

It started with a Vogue dress for my brother's wedding.  (the center one in a purply drapey silk-like fabric.  I LOVED it and probably made a promise to myself, right then and there!)

My mom wondered why I always chose the REALLY elegant ones and not the easier more basic designs... DUH!  I LIKE them better!

I CAN spend the same if not more on fabric for one completed garment, but that's just me...  

Maybe you if you're a sewist too...

I spent ALL my free time Sunday through yesterday on the base of the dress and hope to get the zipper and some of the lace by Friday.  And I'm really feeling good about this.

Although I can't believe it's already Wednesday.  It seems like yesterday was Saturday...

If you're wondering why I haven't finished Meri's prom dress yet, it's because she hasn't been home.  

I KNOW!!!!  I WILL nail her down soon, whether she likes it or not.  Prom is in 24 days.

The countdown HAS begun!