My Not-For-Christmas Dress aka The Easter Dress

I started this dress in late October or early November when I was flush with enthusiasm after finishing my very first dress.  I set myself the (I thought) reasonable goal of finishing it for Christmas.  I work well with a deadline in mind and since it was red fabric this seemed like a good goal to shoot for.  But, then I ended up deciding to fly out to Seattle to visit my sister for a week, I got a really bad stomach flu promptly upon my return, my step-father passed away, and you know, the dress plans went by the wayside.  And then without a clear deadline any longer in mind the nearly completed dress just languished in my to-be-completed pile needing only to have the zipper inserted and the bottom hemmed.

So, I took advantage of my Easter Monday off by finally taking those last steps and finishing the dress off.  It took hardly no time at all, really.

Once again I am sort of amazed that I made it.  Possibly even more than with the first because I really and truly made this second dress all by myself.  I am pretty proud.  And I think it looks pretty darn good, too.  And it wasn't even all that hard!  Hooray!  My practice is paying off!  I really like the fit of the dress and the large, deep pockets.

Next time I am going to try the same pattern, but with the optional sleeves and possibly one of the alternate necklines.  But, I'll have to rummage around in my rather small fabric stash and see if I have anything which suits the bill first.