My options for this particular shade of blue were very limited. I was pretty surprised by that, since it's such a pretty color. However, I ended up finding a fabric that I fell in love with, and ultimately came home with.

When I got home, I took it out of the bag to show it to Ray, and it was then that I saw it in a completely different light. For one, it looked exactly like I remembered my bedsheets as a kid looking. For two (and the bigger problem), it had a graduated pattern that had a wrong way and a right way. (The flowers were small on the top and big on the bottom, and they had stems that pointed down.) Not ideal for making the patterns I had bought.

In the end, I made a few small changes to Megan's dress to make it work, and I went with a completely different pattern for my skirt. I'm very happy with the results. Here are a few pictures.

Here we are together. My skirt was very simple, and only took about an hour to make. I added a small lace trim at the bottom because hemming it was going to make it too short.


Here's a picture of Megan's dress, to show length and fit.


A not so great picture of the back.


This picture kind of shows the slip. It was attached to the dress, and had a ruffle of tulle attached to make the skirt have a bit of poof. I hadn't ever done anything like that before, and I am so happy with how it turned out.


And I had to make her matching hair bows of course. These are just simple korkers attached to regular plastic barrettes. They were SO cute.


Oh, and here's a picture of my old bedsheets for comparison.