She didn't have anything red in her closet.
In fact I only have one red shirt.
And I only had 2 red fabrics in my sewing stash. Weird. I really do love the color.
So at 4pm I got busy....cause in the back of my mind I've had this image of a red stretch lace dress just waiting to be sewn. I bought the above fabric 2 or 3 years ago at M&L Fabrics (maybe?) and then this summer Target had the very dress I was imagining! but it was too short for me and too large for Lucy (photo further below). So this dress needed to happen. I love it when a fabric finds it fate....or destiny?
I sorta made things up as I went (yea. constantly crossing my fingers with each section I sewed and cheering when it worked!) I knew the lace needed a lining so I also found a dark red/mauve knit in the my stash. Then I used an existing dress to measure the bodice and arm holes. I added a zipper in the back though it didn't really one....I just liked the stylized touch. And I really wanted to an exposed zipper but was too tired to figure it out. Next time. I made the skirt a bit larger than than the bodice and sewed all three together with elastic in the middle to give it a bit of stretch. Sort of worked but something I need to play with and improve.
I've always wanted to make ruched sleeves. So I looked at one of my own shirts to figure out the shape, cut them from a single layer of the lace (no lining), sewed some elastic thread down the middle and Hooray! I kinda can't believe they worked. Yay! A cute red dress! She and I both loved it. In the morning I added a keychain ring to the zipper back for more bling.
And then I couldn't stop singing this song all, night, long.
We even gave the dress the playground test. 
And compared it to the Target version (left photo via instagram @danamadeit)
Ready for Clifford Day.
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