the spring formal

Omigosh! Sharon she's lovely, I love the color of that dress. Better start laying in supplies for the "Big Day". Wow, how the time flies...

;-)

Beverly

Gorgeous dress and model! :)

Ah, Sharon, she and the dress are lovely. How old is your daughter? As the mother of two boys, I'll never get to sew such loveliness.

nice job and great color!

lisa

Sharon, she is indeed. I remember that exact day when each of my girls' suddenly looked grown up to. It's a startling moment, isn't it?

She's just lovely, I hope she has (had?) a grand time at the dance!

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

Shar> Thought y'all might like to see the latest. Here's my girl in her formal

Oh Sharon, what a pretty girl. Bet she got lots of compliments on her dress, too!!

What a great job you did!!

Pat.

Sharon,

What a beautiful girl! Love the dress, and I'll bet it was great for dancing.

Doreen in Alabama

Ah... prom season. For my first prom, my date was so (uncharacteristically) nervous he broke out in hives. Poor thing looked like he'd been attacked by yellow jackets. We had a great time anyway.

Your daughter looks so very pretty in her lovely frock. Way to go Sharon :)

Sharon, I agree with everyone that she looks darling and the dress is beautiful. Best of all, she looks proud, which says a lot about your relationship with her (not to mention your sewing skills).

Thanks everyone!! She really was tickled with the dress.

Lisa, she's 14. That really fun age when we don't know if we will get the queen (as in the pictures) or if we will get the urchin from one day to the next. She loves to go out and romp with the dog and the neighbor's horses. Not pushing her to grow up at all. She can take her time with that. ;)

Karen, she had a great time, thanks for asking! She said she didn't dance with any of the guys; they were all the "same goobers they are every other day. Why bother?" LOL Instead she and a group of her really good girlfriends all danced together.

She told me too that the part that made it all a lot of fun was the normally snooty kids. She said (every school has these kids don't they??) that the kids who normally are snooty to everyone, or won't give her the time of day normally, even told her "Your dress is AWE-some!!!" lol Then she told me too that the girl who is the snootiest normally, had on a dress "that just didn't fit her well.....the dress was wearing her instead of her wearing the dress. But she does have some taste, because she was one of the first to compliment my dress." heh heh That's my girl!!!

Thanks again everyone. I had to share those pictures with you guys. I really was pretty proud of the dress, and VERY proud of the girl. :)

Sharon

As well she should be. The dress complimented the girl, it is a great combination. The dress didn't take center stage, but was fabulous. Be proud of it and the DD.

Jean

Sounds like you have two daughters to be proud of. Barbara in FL

Certainly a combination to be proud of! :)

Such a beautiful young lady and a perfect dress for the occasion. Such a gorgeous combination! Did you cry after she left as I did when each of my 3 went to her first prom, also wearing Mother-made gowns. Emily

Yep. About half the drive home after I dropped her off. *sigh*

Thanks Emily. :)

Sharon

Thanks Pat. She originally had her heart set on a medium blue. Till we draped a few different ones over her shoulders in front of the mirror at Hancock's. Medium blues turn her pastey and grey. :( We actually found the sheer first and fell in love with the color (even more so after "trying it on.") Then we hunted till we found satin to match. :) And I was really concerned about getting her into a dress that didn't make her look too grown up. We had the dress code to work with...but more importantly we had Mama and Daddy to please too. ;) There were a few times during the design process Daddy chimed in with "No. You are 14. You will not wear a dress like that." heh heh Gotta love him!!

Sharon

As someone who was forcibly held back with the strongest attempts to prevent her growing up (my children had more freedom at age 9 than I had at age 16) and becoming an independent person and who is genuinely glad to see her children becoming people in their own right, I never really have understood why moms cry over these things.