My youngest son is getting married. Seeing as it’s a summer wedding, I wanted something a little more comfortable to wear, as in breathable.
I looked and looked for a dress, but I had the hardest time finding something I loved. A lot of what I saw looked too casual for a wedding. I think I ordered four different dresses and sent them all back.
I knew I wanted a blue dress. Their wedding colors for the groom are grey and blue. I thought it fitting to wear blue as I’m on the groom’s side. I loved the first dress, the one on the left, but you know how sometimes navy can be so dark it looks black? It looked black. As well, I was going to have to alter the sleeves. I didn’t want long sleeves.
The second dress was nice enough, but it wasn’t quite as new as I was expecting. Someone else had worn it and returned it. I opened the package and I could smell it before I took it out of the plastic it was wrapped in. That was disgusting. I sent them both back.
My next plan was to make something. I bought the most gorgeous material from Spoonflower, however because of time constraints I didn’t order a swatch. If you ever plan to order from them, and I highly recommend them, do yourself and them a favor and order a swatch first. Unfortunately, the beautiful navy showing on the website was not the same color as I received.
When I paired it with the navy I had, it looked more purple than blue.
I was back to square zero, and still needed to find or make a dress. It was the beginning of August by this point.
A friend suggested the Gala Gown by P4P. I looked at it and thought it was lovely. Great. I had my pattern. I ordered some cotton Lycra, and in a few days I was on my way.
Here’s my Gala Gown. I made the full-length option, with pockets.
My husband thinks it’s wonderful. He loves the color and the style. I love the full skirt. And did I mention pockets? My husband thought I was going to carry around car keys and such in my pockets! He thought pockets were a terrible idea. No, I’m more thinking of a tissue or two.
Happy creating!
Here are a few of my makes.
This is the 
I used the same lace as from my Summery bra. I love the delicate floral pattern in it. Seeing as it had bright pink, I decided to match it with some fuchsia I had in my stash. My hubby told me he doesn’t like the combo.
I think it’s a very pretty summery bra.
My only disappointment at all is the little embroidered flowers aren’t showing on the bridge. One of them is barely showing. Just peeking out from the bottom edge.
Isn’t this lovely?
Her work is really lovely. You can see more on her 
Despite this not being available now, it got me looking at her patterns. I found this one on Etsy. This is 