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Quite Possibly My Greatest Challenge!

This beautiful princess dress from the 80's goes well with my messy kitchen. I bought it for $6.00 at my local thrift store. It is more than I usually spend on something I didn't quite know what to do with, but I bought it anyway. Bows, lace and blue satin! YES! I picked apart the entire dress to see if it would inspire me. That's a whole lotta fabric! The sleeves themselves could have been another dress! OY! I have a raglan sleeve t-shirt pattern that inspired me. With all that sleeve fabric, it wasn't long enough, so I had to add some to the bottom. I've also had this lion fabric for a while waiting for the perfect project, and this was it! Can you tell what I'm using it for? Pin, sew, repeat. I attached a zipper, some navy knit fabric for the collar, cuffs and hem band.  I MADE A BOMBER JACKET Y'ALL! This is quite possibly my greatest challenge, and the one thing I'...