My New Project...

...As soon as I get some time to myself, I will be making a temple dress. I bought the fabric a long time ago, but I never had a pattern. I finally found the perfect pattern. The dress already has pockets, so all I have to do is add long sleeves and add some length to the skirt. Both should be fairly simple to do...it's just going to take some time. I already drafted the sleeve pattern, but I haven't stitched up a sample to make sure it will work yet. So just picture the dress in white, with a long sleeve and a floor length skirt. I'm so excited. It's almost exactly like the design I imagined when I originally planned to make it...only this one is better, because most of the pattern is already complete.

Here's a fact that many of you don't know, I have an Associate of Science degree in Apparel design. However, I'm one of those types that just likes to design. I really hate to sew and I don't really enjoy making the patterns either. Especially with my sweet little boys always in everything that I do. Joshua and I are hoping to be sealed in the Portland Temple soon. We are just waiting to find out when that will be. I'll let you all know.

This temple dress is going to be special to me because it will essentially be my wedding dress, that I will then continue to use as my temple dress. When Joshua and I were first married, we kind of eloped and we were married in the room next door to his Bishop's office, with two witnesses that we didn't know, but legally needed to be there. I'll tell you all the whole story another time. Anyway, I wore a white linen skirt, a blue top covered by a little white jacket and my white flip flops, so I never had a wedding dress. ---I figure since the time is drawing near when Joshua and I can be sealed, that I had better take care of preparing my dress. I wouldn't want to have to postpone the date just because my dress isn't done yet.