Pleasantly Pleased

About two years ago my sil convinced me to take the leap into sewing. My first sewing project was a poncho. I did a halfway decent job. Really didn't do anything since then, even though I bought a ton of patterns and material when JoAnn's had a great sale. I did attempt to make a bag. But got frustrated and gave up. Two of the patterns I bought were dresses. One for Sophia and one for me. And I bought the material for them. This was almost a year ago. As Easter drew closer I remembered those patterns and material. Amazingly in time to try them before Easter. This would be my first attempt at making clothing. I really don't count the poncho. Not much to screw up there other than the collar which was interesting. I had never worked with zippers. But after only one panicked phone call to my mom and ripping the zipper out only once, I think I did a pretty good job. Nary a pucker. The collar took me a bit too. The zipper, collar, and sleeves took me longer than expected. But when I was done I was ecstatic! I am quite pleased with the way her dress turned out. She was very excited to wear it on Easter Sunday.
Then it was time to work on my dress. I got the zipper done with no problems. I didn't come close to tears until I got to the hem. Finally got it done. But I think it turned out pretty good.
The hem is even. It's just the way I am standing. I got ambitious and used some of scrap material and covered two head bands. And I also made us earrings to match.

Hmm. What to work on next? I am now looking at things around the house as material now. DH has a bunch of jeans with holes in the knees. I will patch a few but the rest are material!! I wonder how far I can go with stashes. He's already making comments about my yarn stash. Now I'm working on a material stash. LOL. We have already discussed the need for a room just for my craft materials, when we win the lottery. LOL. :0)
I have bought more yarn since I took this picture.