And I thought I was prepared!

I was feeling quite pleased with myself you know, getting that dress finished meant I had all weekend to devote to helping my eldest do her dress.  I know satin wasn't my first choice of fabric but daughter loves the dress and I suppose that's all that matters.

I had arrangements with eldest to come over on Saturday for a big sew in with the thought that I could finish off anything she doesn't finish with a weekend in between the dressmaking and the charity event, loads of time!

Until today when I find out that I now have daughter number three coming with us as well and therefore need to get a dress for her to wear too.

A quick look through my stash and the navy satin is discarded, firstly because I am wearing navy and secondly because there is no way I was going to have a go at another satin dress at the moment. It really does make things harder with all that slipping around and I dont think it looks quite Victorian, more '80's bridesmaids dress!

That left the choice down to some gorgeous taffeta in an orange/red two tone and a lovely striped embroidery throughout.  Of course daughter didn't want that but I did have that ear marked for a bustle so not a problem.  The other option was lilac cotton gauze that was waiting for a summer day dress to be made from it.  So lilac it is but what do I make from it?

This is even more complicated than the green one, at least I spoke to youngest daughter about it before starting and she had picked her own fabric!  This is a case of telling her what fabric she is having and her saying 'make it pretty'  I probably won't even see her before she is putting the dress on, luckily I have made plenty of dresses for her before so know her body shape and size.

I have come up with this very basic style;

I'm not sure I have enough fabric for the layered skirt but will see how that goes over the weekend.  I may yet find something I like more but at the moment this is what I am going with so wish me luck!