When I first heard my friend Sara was getting married I knew I had to make a dress. I chose the Simplicity 3777 pattern because of this dress. Originally I thought this pattern was hideous, and as you can see, the pattern cover does it no favors. However, once I realized how cute view B was I was sold.
I chose to use Amy Butler’s Morning Glory in Gold from the Lotus line that Aaron bought me for our fourth anniversary (the fruit & flowers anniversary). I matched it with some light blue broadcloth I bought at Joann’s. It’s actually very soft, unlike most of the dollar broadcloth fabrics at Joann’s! I also added in an invisible zipper.
Procrastination took hold of me and I cut this pattern out, put it aside and didn’t pick it up again for months. By the time I started to work on it again it was the day of the wedding! It was a busy day, needless to say. Have you ever tried to sew an entire dress while watching a 10 month old? A miracle took place….until my bobbin kept breaking and I didn’t have time to figure it out. Luckily my mom is awesome. When I took Elise over to drop her off, my mom hemmed my dress (the only thing left) and I was off to the wedding.
It was beautiful by the way..the wedding (and my dress)
The dress looks great!